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Italian death/doom metal band from Turin, newly formed in 2025 and merging death metal brutality with doom's crushing pace. Their name, meaning 'the deer,' brings natural imagery to their heavy sound.
Italian sludge/doom metal band from Florence, delivering crushing, abrasive heaviness since 2008. Their name, meaning 'the bill' or 'the reckoning,' signals the punishing weight of their Tuscan doom.
Spanish atmospheric sludge/doom metal band from A Coruna, delivering crushing heaviness in Spanish since 2013. Their debut 'Holons' features four sprawling tracks of doom and sludge, with compositions stretching beyond ten minutes.
Italian heavy/doom metal band from Avellino, formed in 2017 and named after a Southern Italian witch figure. Their folkloric identity channels regional mythology through heavy, doom-laden metal.
Italian gothic/doom metal band from Milan, crafting darkly elegant compositions since 2005. Their name, meaning 'nocturnal labyrinth,' captures the maze-like, shadowy character of their gothic doom.
Italian sludge/doom metal and noise band from Alessandria, merging abrasive extremity since 2016. Their name, meaning 'the guilt,' channels moral weight through crushing, noise-infused doom.
Long-running German act from Waging am See, evolving from melodic doom/death metal origins in 1999 to gothic metal and rock. Their extensive discography on Napalm Records spans albums like 'Burning: A Wish' through 'Antiadore,' maintaining an active European touring presence.
Portuguese heavy/doom/gothic metal band from Oeiras, blending three dark traditions since 2015. Their name, meaning 'tears,' captures the sorrowful, emotive character of their multi-genre approach.
Swedish doom/gothic metal band from Boras, formed in 2024 and carrying forward a legendary band name. Their approach blends doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark romanticism in the tradition of Swedish doom.
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