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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Doom/sludge metal band from Limburg, Germany, formed in 2025. Their crushing, slow-tempo compositions deliver the suffocating weight of doom and sludge from the Lahn valley.
From Larvik in Norway, this doom/progressive metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2023. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Dutch black/doom metal project channeling harsh darkness since 2016. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Hexenblatt is a stoner/doom metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2021 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hard rock heavy metal outfit from Knebworth in Hertfordshire, active since 2012. Their chemical-element name channels classic rock and metal traditions from a town famous for legendary outdoor concerts.
Hexendrone is a sludge/drone/doom metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2024. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Born in the crushing underground of Genoa, this symphonic black metal with doom elements act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2024. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Operating from Saint-Nazaire, this doom/stoner metal project has been shaping dark sound since 2015. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Doom/sludge metal band from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2015. Their crushing, feedback-laden sound delivers the suffocating weight of doom and sludge from the Ruhr Valley.
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