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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Zornhau is an atmospheric black/doom metal and ambient project from Sweden, formed in 2022. Their name, a German fencing term meaning "wrath cut," reflects their blend of atmospheric extremity with dark ambient textures.
ZOS is a drone/doom metal project from Poland, formed in 2020. They craft monolithic, glacially slow compositions that dissolve the boundary between drone and doom metal.
Zulu is a stoner/doom/gothic metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2019. Their earlier work blends stoner, doom, and gothic metal influences before transitioning toward a more rock-oriented direction.
Zutroi is a drone/doom metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2015. Their three albums, including "PDS" (2017) and "Forgotten Shows" (2020), feature monolithic extended tracks exceeding twenty minutes each, immersing listeners in crushing waves of drone and doom.
Zver is a doom/depressive black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020. Their name, meaning "beast" in Russian, belies their focus on sorrowful, slow-burning compositions at the intersection of doom and depressive black metal.
Zylum is an industrial/doom metal band from Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, formed in 2015. Their four-piece lineup brings "all the aggression and power" of various metal styles to the Munster metal scene, fusing industrial textures with doom metal weight.
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