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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Straddling the line between black metal and doom metal, this Latvian actfrom Riga fuses venomous shrieks over walls of distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2019, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Atmospheric doom/death metal act from Leipzig, Germany, crafting immersive, emotionally heavy compositions since 2015. Their approach merges the crushing weight of doom/death with atmospheric textures from Saxony's largest city.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this doom metal and stoner metal act from Hertfordshire traffics in fuzz-drenched riffs and hypnotic, groove-laden repetition. Since 2023, they've built a catalog that reflects the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition.
Deal, United Kingdom — doom metal and stoner metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2024, they deal in desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Sludge/doom punk duo from Ponferrada, Spain consisting of Samuel on drums and Ivan on bass, active since 2013. Their raw, stripped-down approach to doom and sludge channels maximum heaviness through minimal instrumentation.
Doom, post-metal, and sludge band formed remotely between Vigo and Valencia, Spain in 2022. Their self-titled debut was born from pure chance when guitar pedal demos became full songs, recorded entirely DIY with a Zoom H4n Pro.
Psychedelic doom/stoner metal act from Berlin, Germany, whose name means "donkey" in German, active since 2020. Their tongue-in-cheek name contrasts with the heavy, haze-filled psychedelia of their doom-laden compositions.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and doom metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2019, based in Milan, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Death, doom, and sludge metal act from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2025. They deliver crushing, slow-burning extremity from the Catalan capital's underground.
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