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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Italian stoner/doom metal band from Turin, delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness since 2013. Their pastoral name contrasts with the crushing, low-slung groove of their Piedmontese stoner doom.
Spanish psychedelic doom/stoner metal band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, delivering hazy, mind-expanding heaviness since 2011. Their catalog including 'Drown' and 'No Fun Intended' channels psychedelic exploration through crushing doom and stoner grooves.
German stoner/doom metal band from Hagen, emerging in 2023 with fuzz-drenched heaviness and slow-burning grooves. Their sound channels the hazy, riff-driven essence of stoner doom through a crushing low-end foundation.
Swiss doom rock band from Lausanne formed in 2017 by former members of Favez, Wild Guys, and The Armonist. Self-described as delivering heavy doom rock that 'furiously meows in the darkness,' their releases include 'The Doomsynth Sessions' and 'Wolves/Heavy Planet.'
London-based stoner/doom metal and rock band formed in 2020, delivering fuzz-drenched desert grooves. Their blues-tinged approach to stoner doom channels arid, sun-scorched heaviness.
Stuttgart-based stoner metal/grunge trio self-described as a 'Cozy Doom-Trio from Kaputtgart,' recording live since 2017. Their sound blends doom, grunge, psychedelic, and sludge influences into raw, atmospheric heaviness across sprawling compositions.
Ghent-based progressive sludge metal band blending stoner rock, grunge, and progressive elements since 2017. Their lyrics explore space, solitude, and defiance as metaphors for melancholia, delivered through heavy riffing, proggy melodies, and grungy vocals.
Russian sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Samara, formed in 2024 and delivering triple-threat heaviness from the Volga region. Their name channels the slow, deliberate character of their doom-laden approach.
Portuguese stoner/doom metal band from the Lisbon district, delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness since 2013. Their Portuguese name channels regional character through crushing stoner doom grooves.
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