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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with roots dating to 1994 — one of the oldest acts on this list. Three decades of atmospheric doom-death make them a cornerstone of the Dutch extreme metal underground.
Stoner/doom/sludge metal band from Ternopil, western Ukraine, formed in 2024. Their triple-genre approach delivers maximum heaviness from the Galician city.
Funeral doom metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2014. Their glacially paced compositions deliver crushing, slow-motion heaviness from the Polish capital.
Athens-based Okwaho generates punishing sludge and doom metal with a dense, low-end-heavy sound that favors crushing riffs and suffocating atmosphere. Their primal approach to heaviness channels the spirit of Eyehategod and Crowbar through a Greek lens.
Brighton's Old Mayor drags doom and sludge metal through the gutter with punishing, down-tuned heaviness and a confrontational attitude. Their crushing riffs and abrasive vocal delivery create an oppressive sonic experience that trades melody for raw power.
Bjelovar doom metal act from Croatia's northern interior, active since 2013. Over a decade they have cultivated a deliberately slow, suffocatingly heavy doom sound from a region better known for agriculture than extreme music.
Berlin sludge/stoner/doom metal act delivering triple-layered heaviness since 2021. Named after the largest volcano in the solar system, their sound aspires to similarly colossal proportions through low-tuned, feedback-drenched compositions.
Nuremberg psychedelic stoner/doom metal act active since 2011, marrying mind-expanding psychedelia with crushing doom weight. Over fifteen years they have developed a sound that is equal parts Sabbathian heaviness and lysergic exploration.
Kristiansand melodic doom metal act formed in 2022, crafting sorrowful compositions from Norway's southern coast. Their approach trades doom's typical monolithic heaviness for something more melodically nuanced and emotionally expressive.
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