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Dinkelsbühl, DE · 2022–present · active
German funeral doom metal project from Dinkelsbuhl, founded in 2021 by Benjamin Hampel and debuting with the 2025 album 'Lindisfarne.' The three-track release features glacially-paced compositions with both harsh and clean vocals across fifteen minutes of crushing funeral doom.
Arnhem, NL · 2016–present · active
Dutch doom/sludge metal band from Arnhem, delivering crushing heaviness since 2016. Their name captures the enduring, persistent weight of their doom-sludge approach.
Helsinki, FI · 2023–present · active
Finnish death/doom metal and noise act from Helsinki, formed in 2023 and merging extreme metal with harsh noise elements. Their experimental approach pushes death/doom into abrasive, unconventional territory.
Hof, DE · 2022–present · active
German doom/sludge metal band from Hof, formed in 2022 and delivering crushing, low-tempo heaviness. Their dual-genre approach merges doom's monolithic riffs with sludge metal's abrasive, suffocating texture.
Dresden, DE · 2022–present · active
German doom/sludge/post-metal band from Dresden, formed in 2022 and crafting expansive, multi-layered heaviness. Their sound weaves doom's crushing weight, sludge's abrasiveness, and post-metal's atmospheric grandeur into a cohesive whole.
London, GB · 2025–present · active
London-based sludge/stoner/doom metal band formed in 2025, delivering triple-threat heaviness. Their sound merges sludge metal's abrasiveness, stoner rock's hazy grooves, and doom's crushing weight.
Scotland, GB · 2022–present · active
Scottish black/doom metal project formed in 2022, blending black metal's atmospheric fury with doom's monolithic pace. Their name suggests the threshold, in-between spaces that define their sound's eerie character.
Sankt Oswald bei Freistadt, AT · 2015–present · active
Upper Austrian doom/stoner/sludge band originally founded in 1996, blending eclectic influences from The Doors to Bauhaus into heavy, multilayered riffs. Their 2020 debut 'And The Ants Still March On' delivers sprawling, melancholic heaviness sung in both English and Austrian German.
Aarhus, DK · 2022–present · active
Danish stoner/doom metal and rock band from Aarhus, formed in 2022 and delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their sound channels the hazy, riff-driven groove of stoner doom through a Scandinavian sensibility.

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