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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Post-metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2022. Their expansive, atmospheric approach to heavy music channels the cinematic grandeur of post-metal from the Rhine-Neckar region.
Sludge/Post-Metal outfit rooted in Ommen, channeling raw underground intensity since 2019. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Doom/Post-Metal project from Finland, forging searing compositions since 2024. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Drawing from Porto's metal heritage, this sludge/post-metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2019. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Hung on Horns is a progressive/post-metal band from London/Bournemouth, England, formed in 2016. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Emerging from Kristianstad's underground, this atmospheric doom/post-metal/rock act has been forging scorching sonic fury since 2014. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Hvøsch is a black/post-metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2016. They craft atmospheric, dynamic post-metal compositions.
Cold black metal (early); post-metal/rock (later) emanating from Gothenburg, active since 2004 within Sweden's metal scene. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Hämnd is a sludge/post-metal band from Linköping, Sweden, formed in 2024. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
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