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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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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Sun Decays channel doom/death metal from the Baltic port of Rostock, building ponderous compositions that explore stellar decay and cosmic entropy. Formed in 2023, they bring solar-themed devastation to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Sun of the Dying craft doom/death metal from Madrid, building crushing compositions that explore the dying of the light. Active since 2017, they bring solar-decline themes to the Spanish capital's doom scene.
Sunday of the Dead channel doom/death metal from Wurzburg, their name evoking zombie-film imagery through crushing, morbid compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring undead heaviness to the Franconian Main Valley.
Sunface deliver sludge and doom metal from Helsinki, building crushing compositions with sun-worship imagery. Active since 2016, they bring solar-faced heaviness to the Finnish capital's sludge/doom scene.
Sunken Monolith forge black, death, and doom metal from Helsinki, combining three extreme genres into a single submerged monument of heaviness. Emerging in 2025, they bring underwater-obelisk intensity to the Finnish underground.
Sunniva blend doom, sludge, and post-metal from Turku, building expansive, heavy compositions named after the medieval Norwegian saint. Active since 2017, they bring hagiographic weight to the southwestern Finnish scene.
Sopron's Supernatural craft doom metal from the westernmost Hungarian city since 2021. Their border-town origins, minutes from Austria, give their ponderous heaviness a distinctly Central European character.
Doom/death/black metal band from Banja Luka, active since 2011, fusing the crushing weight of doom with the aggression of death and black metal. Their multi-genre approach creates a dense, oppressive sound that draws from the darkest corners of extreme metal.
Doom/death metal band from Antwerp, active since 2016, whose name combines the Scandinavian word for "black" with "heart." Their crushing blend of doom and death metal creates oppressive, emotionally heavy compositions from Belgium's largest port city.
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