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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Zagreb-based death/doom metal act active since 2021, merging crushing heaviness with funereal tempos and mournful atmospheres. Their compositions unfold with deliberate patience, layering guttural vocals over glacially paced riffs that evoke profound desolation.
Hägersten-based doom metal act active since 2016, 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.
German black/death/doom metal band from Oberhausen, formed in 2019. They draw from three extreme metal subgenres for a layered, oppressive sound from the Ruhr Valley.
Doom metal outfit from Södertälje, formed in 2010. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
Italian doom metal act active since 2023, 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.
Spanish gothic/doom metal band from Valencia, formed in 2020. They blend gothic metal's dark romanticism with doom metal's crushing weight from the Mediterranean coast.
Finnish death/doom metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2021. They deliver sewer-dwelling death-doom from the Finnish capital.
German doom metal band from Bielefeld, formed in 2022. They craft spectral doom metal from the Teutoburg Forest region of Westphalia.
Doom metal outfit from Nacka (early)/Handen (later), formed in 2020. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
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