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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Sludge, stoner metal, and grunge band from Brussels, Belgium, active since 2009. They fuse the low-end heaviness of sludge with stoner grooves and the raw emotional intensity of grunge from the Belgian capital.
Lovecraft-inspired sludge and doom metal project formed in 2017, channeling cosmic horror through crushing sonic weight and oppressive atmospherics. Their eldritch thematic focus matches a sound designed to evoke existential dread.
Sludge, stoner, and groove metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2019. They pile heavy grooves atop sludgy foundations with a stoner metal swagger, adding to Sofia's increasingly diverse heavy music landscape.
Progressive sludge metal act from Sicily, formed in 2025. Ciclope — Italian for 'Cyclops' — brings heavy, progressive textures to the island's metal scene.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Piraeus, Greece, formed in 2017. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness from the Athens port district.
Sludge metal act split between Stockholm and Gothenburg, formed in 2026 and representing the absolute cutting edge of Sweden's heavy music. Their crushing sonic weight draws from the most oppressive corners of the sludge tradition.
Post-metal and sludge band from Swansea, Wales, formed in 2020. They blend expansive post-metal dynamics with sludge weight from the Welsh coast.
Linköping atmospheric sludge metal act formed in 2022, layering brooding textures over crushing heaviness. Their atmospheric approach adds contemplative depth to sludge metal's raw power.
Doom and sludge metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They craft crushing, slow-burning heaviness layered with dense, oppressive atmospheres.
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