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Italian sludge/doom metal band from Florence, delivering crushing, abrasive heaviness since 2008. Their name, meaning 'the bill' or 'the reckoning,' signals the punishing weight of their Tuscan doom.
Spanish atmospheric sludge/doom metal band from A Coruna, delivering crushing heaviness in Spanish since 2013. Their debut 'Holons' features four sprawling tracks of doom and sludge, with compositions stretching beyond ten minutes.
Belgian sludge metal band from Ghent formed in 2021, describing their sound as an antidote against self-suffocation and quietism. Their discography includes the 'Battering Ram' EP and the 'Disorder' full-length, delivering heavy, cathartic sludge.
Italian sludge/doom metal and noise band from Alessandria, merging abrasive extremity since 2016. Their name, meaning 'the guilt,' channels moral weight through crushing, noise-infused doom.
Polish sludge/doom metal band from Wroclaw, delivering crushing, abrasive heaviness since 2020. Their name channels death imagery through the punishing weight of Silesian sludge doom.
London-based sludge/post-metal band active since 2007, releasing their album 'Part Island' on Debemur Morti Productions. Their sound weaves emotive metallic power with dream-state vulnerability, combining melodic black metal, contemplative doom, and shoegaze with acoustic guitar, piano, and analogue synthesizer.
Hungarian sludge/groove metal band from Budapest, delivering abrasive heaviness since 2011. Their resurrection-themed name contrasts with the punishing, down-tuned character of their sludge-groove sound.
Slovenian/Dutch sludge/doom metal band originating in Postojna, now based in Nijmegen, delivering crushing heaviness since 2010. Their parasitic name channels the draining, consuming character of their trans-European sludge doom.
Croatian sludge/doom metal band from Karlovac, delivering crushing heaviness since 2014. Their name captures the desperate, abandoned character of their sludge-drenched doom.
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