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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Sludge and doom metal band from Ware, England emerging in 2025. Wake of Myetsa brings crushing sludge and doom from the Hertfordshire town north of London.
Sludge/doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden active since 2008. Walk Through Fire delivers crushing sludge and doom from the city known for its melodic death metal scene, offering a heavier counterpoint to the Gothenburg sound.
Doom and stoner metal band from Sopron, Hungary active since 2011. Wall of Sleep crafts heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from the historic border city near Austria.
Doom metal band from Osnabrück, Germany formed in 2024, crafting heavy instrumental compositions that blend doom, drone, and progressive elements. Their preview recordings feature extended tracks of crushing, atmospheric heaviness appealing to fans of extreme doom.
Doom and sludge metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland formed in 2021. War Against the Sun channels oppressive heaviness through crushing doom and sludge from the Finnish-Russian border region.
Doom and stoner metal band from Genoa, Italy active since 2013. War Cross crafts heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from the Ligurian coast.
Sludge and doom metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland active from 2010 until their dissolution, with members including Baggy, Ross, Dave, and drummer Martin "the Harvester" Harvey. Their catalog spans The Faceless Sea through Precession of the Equinoxes, with ex-members going on to play in Fuckhammer and Slomatics.
Death/doom and black metal project from Germany formed in 2019. Wargiþa channels archaic darkness through a hybrid of crushing doom passages and black metal ferocity, with releases including Fleshgate and Stille.
Doom, death, and thrash metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany signed to Ván Records, evolving from heavy Hellhammer influences into their own distinctive sound. Their 2025 album Total Maniac was recorded in the presence of late member Volker, who passed away two weeks after the final recordings, and was released on the fourth anniversary of his death.
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