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Groove/sludge metal band from the Gjøvik/Hamar area in Norway's Innlandet county, active since 2017. Their arboreal name accompanies heavy, rhythmically driven extreme metal from the Norwegian interior.
Graz duo Andreas Heller and David Reumüller have driven Reflector since 1997, moving fluidly between sludge, doom, noise, and alternative metal without anchoring to any one direction. Released on Rock Is Hell Records, Noise Appeal Records, and Interstellar Records, their 2012 album The Heritage stands as their most recent full-length statement.
Regarde les Hommes Tomber is a sludge/post-black metal band from Nantes in western France, active since 2013. Named after the French phrase 'Watch Men Fall,' the band has become one of the most recognized acts in the French post-black metal scene.
Sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Venice, Italy, active since 2016. Their absurdly specific name accompanies crushing heaviness from the floating city.
Reh is a progressive sludge/doom metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2016. The band layers progressive complexity over crushing sludge and doom foundations from the Danish capital.
Reido is a Belarusian metal band from Minsk formed in 2006, progressing from apocalyptic funeral doom toward sludge doom metal with math metal rhythmics. Their 2011 album Minus Eleven explores themes of asociality, estrangement, and misanthropy across seven tracks of crushing, methodical heaviness.
Sludge/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2010. Their Russian name, meaning 'river,' channels fluid, expansive sludge and post-metal from the Russian capital.
Sludge/doom metal band from Tomsk, Russia, active since 2010. Their long-running project delivers crushing heaviness from the Siberian university city.
London sludge and doom metal outfit formed in 2018, delivering crushing sonic weight through slow-burning heaviness and abrasive textures. Their oppressive sound channels the genre's most suffocating and cathartic impulses.
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