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Gatlinburg, Tennessee doom metal project named after the ancient Roman road.
Grants Pass, Oregon death metal project whose 2019 self-titled EP delivers extremity from southern Oregon's Rogue Valley. Named after wingless insects, their music stays grounded in earthbound heaviness.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania doom metal project building their catalog in numbered volumes since 2023. The methodical, sequential release approach mirrors the patient, deliberate nature of their crushing doom.
San Francisco doom and gothic metal project whose 2017 single Angel blends dark beauty with crushing weight. A contribution to the Bay Area's diverse heavy music ecosystem.
Madison, Wisconsin doom metal project whose 2021 self-titled debut delivers heavy, contemplative riffs from the Midwest's most progressive college town. Doom metal as meditation, slow and immersive.
Valparaiso, Indiana doom and post-metal project with three releases since 2019. Their singles Lead the Blind and Paper Crown establish a melancholic, atmospheric heaviness rooted in Northwest Indiana's lakefront industrial landscape.
Irondale doom metal project from the Ohio underground.
Kalamazoo doom metal project from the Michigan underground.
Doom Metal project from the American underground.
Johnson City, Tennessee doom metal project whose 2016 single Gatekeeper/Friends hints at both fantasy influences and an unexpected warmth. Doom from the Appalachian highlands of East Tennessee.
Indianapolis doom band whose crushing low-end and glacial tempos evoke the weight of Midwestern winters, crafting monolithic riffs that rumble with patient, deliberate devastation.
New York City doom metal project whose 2010 releases — Split in Two and The Ruins at Dusk — establish an early foundation of crushing, atmospheric heaviness. Named after the Gnostic rulers of the material world.
Rhode Island doom metal project whose releases Exist for Nothing... and the live recording To Live and To Die channel existential despair through crushing heaviness. The name — combining passion and death — captures doom metal's essential tension.
Connecticut doom collaboration featuring veteran musicians exploring the heavier side of progressive rock and traditional doom, delivering patient, emotionally rich compositions with decades of experience behind them.
Nevada doom and drone metal project with six releases since 2012. Their catalog — including the evocatively titled Echoes Beyond the Ruins ov Rust and Razors — trades in the slowest, heaviest frequencies the desert state can produce.
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