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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Italian stoner/doom metal band from Bolsena in Viterbo, formed in 2020 and delivering hazy, heavy grooves. Named after the satanic character from Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita,' they channel literary darkness through stoner doom.
Finnish funeral doom metal band from Jyvaskyla, crafting glacially-paced compositions since 2009. Their sound channels the sub-genre's most extreme slowness and overwhelming weight through sustained, mourning-drenched heaviness.
Stoner/doom metal band from Charleroi, Belgium, laying down thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and slow-burning heaviness since 2012. Their approach to the genre favors crushing weight and hypnotic repetition in the tradition of classic European doom.
Russian gothic/doom/death metal band from Chita in eastern Siberia, blending three dark traditions since 2014. Named after the legendary siren, their sound channels alluring darkness from one of Russia's most remote regions.
German gothic/doom metal act from Ulm, formed in 2024 and weaving melancholic beauty into crushing heaviness. Their sound merges gothic metal's dark romanticism with doom metal's slow-burning, monolithic weight.
Belgian stoner/sludge/doom trio from Maaseik delivering thunderous, seismic doom since 2012. Their album 'Beyond The Astral Mind' layers sinister black metal strains over a crushing doom/sludge foundation, ranging from in-your-face heaviness to plaintive neofolk passages.
Greek psychedelic doom metal/rock band from Athens, delivering mind-expanding heaviness since 2015. Their name evokes the regal, transcendent quality of their psychedelic doom approach.
French atmospheric black/doom metal band from Paris, blending mournful atmosphere with crushing heaviness since 2019. Their name evokes the tragic, sacrificial romance that permeates their melancholic sound.
Polish psychedelic doom/stoner metal and rock band from Bydgoszcz, delivering mind-expanding heaviness since 2015. Named after the horror author, their sound channels cosmic dread through psychedelic doom grooves.
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