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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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Atmospheric Doom Metal/Rock force from Belluno, relentless and relentless since 2018. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Stoner/doom metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2018. Their thick, fuzzy riffs and hypnotic grooves deliver the immersive weight of stoner doom from Lower Saxony's capital.
Hellavator is a stoner/doom metal band from Fauske, Norway, active since 2018 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.
Scorching black/doom metal project from Helsinki, carving a path through Finland's underground since 2023. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Helldog is a stoner/doom/folk metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2025 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.
An uncompromising doom metal project from Vilnius, active since 2014. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Doom/stoner metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, formed in 2014, self-described as lifting classic stoner to the heavy max with a 'Fuzz-a-thonic grunt.' This five-piece steamroller delivers crushing, fuzz-drenched stoner doom from the Swiss mountain foothills.
Heavy groove metal outfit from Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, active since 2014. Their Alaskan-inspired name adds frontier mystique to groovy, riff-driven compositions from the Granite City.
Sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2022. Their crushingly heavy blend of sludge, stoner, and doom metal delivers a suffocating wall of fuzz and distortion.
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