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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Stockholm's Son of Ruin deliver sludge metal from the Swedish capital since 2008. Nearly two decades of channeling the legacy of destruction through their heritage-of-collapse name into compositions of thick, corrosive heaviness.
Sonic Booze Machine blast through doom, sludge, and hardcore from Berlin, combining crushing heaviness with punk's confrontational energy since 2012. Their booze-fueled name and multi-genre approach channel the chaotic spirit of the Berlin underground.
Sons of Cain forge doom and sludge metal from Aalborg in northern Jutland, channeling biblical fratricidal themes through crushing compositions. Active since 2018, they bring the weight of the first murder to the North Jutland underground.
Kharkiv's Soom pair stoner, doom, and sludge metal from Ukraine's embattled second city since 2014. Over a decade from the eastern metropolis, their enigmatic name has channeled the weight of the steppe into compositions of multi-layered, fuzz-drenched heaviness.
Sooz blend doom, sludge, and crust from the northern Finnish city of Oulu, combining crushing heaviness with punk's raw urgency. Formed in 2022, they bring multi-genre aggression to the Ostrobothnia underground.
Leusden's Sordid Empire pair doom and sludge metal from the Utrecht suburb since 2024. Their name of degraded dominion channels the decline of power into compositions of oppressive, crumbling weight.
Groningen's Soul Theft merge doom, sludge, and stoner metal from the northern Dutch capital since 2017. Their spirit-larceny name channels stolen essences into compositions of multi-layered, all-consuming heaviness.
Spancer have been channeling sludge and doom metal from Brunswick since 2001, making them one of Lower Saxony's longest-running sludge/doom acts. Their quarter-century of activity represents a sustained commitment to crushing, slow-motion heaviness.
Spawnkill sludge through heavy, tar-thick compositions from Geneva, combining sludge metal's abrasive textures with stoner metal's hypnotic grooves. Formed in 2021, they bring fresh weight to the Swiss French-speaking heavy underground.
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