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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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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Spiritual Void practice doom metal from the Lake Constance area, building ponderous, meditative compositions that explore the emptiness between matter and spirit. Active since 2017, their Alpine lake setting provides a contemplative backdrop for their crushing sound.
Spiritus Mortis are a respected Finnish doom metal act from the small Ostrobothnian town of Alavus, known for their traditional approach to the genre. Their doom metal draws on the classic Sabbathian tradition while incorporating Finnish melodic sensibility.
Krasnodar's Spitter pair sludge and doom metal from the Kuban capital since 2021. Their expectoration-themed name channels the visceral force of ejection into compositions of thick, corrosive southern Russian heaviness.
Kharkiv's Spleteniye merge doom, death, and gothic metal from the embattled eastern city since 2020. Their Russian name meaning "interweaving" channels the entanglement of disparate strands into compositions of triple-genre atmospheric complexity.
Groningen's Spooken craft doom metal with a Dutch name meaning "ghosts" since 2015. Their spectral name and northern Dutch origins channel the eeriness of the Groningen wetlands into haunting, ponderous compositions.
Derbyshire's Spore operate in the oppressive depths of doom and drone metal, creating glacially slow, monolithic soundscapes since 2019. Their music prioritizes texture and weight over melody or velocity.
Yorkshire's Squalords deal in the kind of doom-sludge hybrid that feels like wading through wet concrete. Since 2014, they have cultivated a sound that is unrelentingly heavy and deliberately paced.
St. Unholyness channel stoner and doom metal from the Lower Bavarian town of Pfarrkirchen, their ironic saint name blending sacrilege with the genre's worship of heavy riffs. Emerging in 2025, they bring blasphemous heaviness to the Bavarian countryside.
Stampede of Sloth channel sludge, stoner, and doom metal from Leipzig, their oxymoronic name perfectly capturing the paradox of their music: a stampede played in slow motion. Active since 2018, they bring crushing, glacial heaviness to Saxony's cultural capital.
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