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.

Ommatidia was a Parisian gothic and doom metal band formed in 2010 from former members of The Old Dead Tree, blending atmospheric metal, progressive rock, and melancholic gothic structures into what the band itself described as melodic dark metal. The group released two studio albums — In This Life, Or The Next (2011) and Let's Face It (2015) — before disbanding in 2016. Their work was released independently and drew on the French dark metal tradition while incorporating a distinctly modern emotional directness.

Oslo death/doom metal act active since 2019, merging death metal's ferocity with doom's crushing weight from Norway's capital. Their fusion of the two genres channels the oppressive darkness of Norwegian winters through deliberately paced extremity.

Kaluga black/doom metal act active since 2015, fusing two of extreme metal's darkest styles from a historic city south of Moscow. Their decade of output has produced a body of work rooted in crushing heaviness and tonal bleakness.