German sludge/drone/doom metal band from Mannheim, active since 2006. Known for their punishing wall of sound built from unrelenting riffs and tortured vocals, their 80-minute album Negative Black is described as brutal, creepy, and relentless -- the predecessor project to Bellrope.

Stoner/doom metal band from Guildford in Surrey, active since 2017. Their releases including the self-titled album and Resonate deliver low-and-slow heaviness from the southern English underground.

Heavy/doom metal and punk band from Southend-on-Sea, active since 2016, blending Godflesh, Celtic Frost, Black Flag, and Gary Numan into an industrial-tinged assault. Their prolific catalog from Corpsemeat through Death Is Forever delivers building-shaking riffs with uncompromising intensity.

Stoner doom act from Barcelos, formed in 2015. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.

Stockholm-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2019, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.

Stoner doom act from Northern Italy, formed in 2020. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.

German epic doom metal band from Bayreuth, formed in 2021. They craft grandiose, slow-burning epic doom metal befitting their Wagnerian hometown.

Haugesund-based doom metal act active since 2013, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.

Komsomolsk-on-Amur-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2018, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.