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Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Sludge-stoner act from the Netherlands, formed in 2024. Cough Syrup with the Goths — a memorably eccentric name — delivers heavy, haze-drenched sludge.
Black-sludge metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with sludge metal's oppressive weight.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Tours, France, formed in 2017. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness from the Loire Valley.
Sludge metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, active since 2015. They deliver crushing, oppressive sludge from the Franconian wine country.
Death-sludge metal band from Poitiers, France, formed in 2015. They merge death metal aggression with crushing sludge weight.
Sludge metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver thick, oppressive sludge from the Finnish capital.
Doom and sludge metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing doom-sludge from the historic university city.
Black-sludge metal band from Scotland, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal darkness with sludge metal's oppressive weight.
Post-rock, sludge, and doom metal band from Morlanwelz, Belgium, formed in 2020. They weave expansive post-rock dynamics with the crushing heaviness of sludge and doom, creating a cinematic and emotionally charged sound.
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