Straddling the line between doom metal and stoner metal, this Russian actfrom Saint Petersburg fuses wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2012, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

When Engine-V emerged in 2019 from Athens, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and stoner metal — all desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

On the warpath since 2019, this Bollnäs Death Metal and Doom Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.

Black/doom metal project from Vienna, Austria, blending the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom since 2022. Their debut "Unpossessed" showcases the project's ability to merge atmospheric darkness with heavy, deliberate pacing.

Doom and funeral doom metal project from Tarbes/Lourdes in the French Pyrenees, launched in 2024. They craft glacially slow, crushing doom from the shadow of the mountains.

When Enshade emerged in 2013 from Novosibirsk, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and doom metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.

Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels doom metal and heavy metal with a focus on tectonic grooves and sorrowful melodic passages. Formed in 2020, based in Belfast, the low end alone could register on seismographs.

Crust punk and doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland formed in 2023. They bring raw, heavy crust-doom from the Irish capital.

Practitioners of doom metal and stoner metal, this Polish outfit from Warsaw has been refining their craft since 2024. Their sound hinges on amp-worshipping heaviness filtered through a THC-infused consciousness, delivered with militant precision.