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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Thedus from Parma craft doom, drone, and sludge metal exploring the most oppressive sonic depths since 2019. Their Emilian base — capital of prosciutto and Parmesan — provides ironic culinary contrast to their suffocating heaviness.
Thergothon is a funeral doom/death metal band from Kaarina, Finland, active since 1998. They are part of the legendary Finnish funeral doom tradition that helped define the subgenre.
These Hands Conspire is a heavy/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015. They combine traditional heavy metal's melodic power with doom metal's oppressive weight.
These Winds Are Not Hope craft melodic doom and gothic metal from Kumanovo, North Macedonia, layering sorrowful melodies over heavy, deliberate tempos since 2016. Their evocative name captures the despairing beauty at the heart of their atmospheric compositions.
TheShallowSouls from South Wales deliver doom metal that explores the surface-level emptiness of modern existence since 2023. Their Welsh Valleys base channels post-industrial despair through crushing, contemplative compositions.
Third Island is a doom and post-metal band from Limerick, Ireland, formed in 2016. They blend the crushing heaviness of doom with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness and dynamic builds.
This I Owe is a progressive heavy/doom metal/hard rock band from Athens, formed in 2023. Their music blends progressive complexity with the weight of doom and the accessibility of hard rock.
Thod from Paris craft blackened doom metal whose name evokes ancient, ominous weight since 2023. Their compositions merge black metal's atmospheric hostility with doom's crushing pace from the French capital.
Thole is a sludge/doom metal band from Athens, active since 2017. Their name, an archaic English word meaning 'to endure suffering,' captures the patient heaviness of their sludge-laden doom.
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