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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Italian stoner/doom metal band from Turin, delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness since 2013. Their pastoral name contrasts with the crushing, low-slung groove of their Piedmontese stoner doom.
Norwegian doom metal band from Oslo, formed in 2019 and channeling crushing, mournful heaviness. Their name captures the grieving, lamenting character of their doom metal approach.
Finnish doom/death metal band from Lahti, merging doom's crushing pace with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound channels the genre's signature slow-burning heaviness through Finland's storied extreme metal tradition.
Ukrainian funeral doom metal band from Rivne, crafting glacially-paced compositions of devastating weight since 2012. Their evocative name captures the utopian longing within their crushingly heavy funeral doom.
Polish sludge/doom metal band from Wroclaw, delivering crushing, abrasive heaviness since 2020. Their name channels death imagery through the punishing weight of Silesian sludge doom.
Spanish psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, delivering hazy, mind-expanding heaviness since 2011. Their catalog including 'Drown' and 'No Fun Intended' channels psychedelic exploration through crushing doom and stoner grooves.
Russian gothic/doom metal band from Severodvinsk in the Arctic north, crafting mournful, darkly beautiful compositions since 2017. Their northern location infuses their gothic doom with the cold, isolated atmosphere of Russia's far north.
Greek band from Thessaloniki that evolved from doom metal origins in 2014 into progressive rock territory. Their sonic journey traces a path from crushing heaviness to more expansive, contemplative compositions.
German stoner/doom metal band from Hagen, emerging in 2023 with fuzz-drenched heaviness and slow-burning grooves. Their sound channels the hazy, riff-driven essence of stoner doom through a crushing low-end foundation.
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