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Tulsa, Oklahoma stoner/doom metal outfit that emerged in 2024, contributing the track Your Sounds to the Oklahoma-themed compilation Trip to Oklahoma.
Long Island, New York death metal and hardcore hybrid that emerged in 2014, blending the brute force of death metal with the urgent, confrontational energy of hardcore.
Knoxville, Tennessee black and funeral doom metal project, layering glacially slow funeral doom atmospherics beneath raw black metal hostility.
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Oakland doom trio known for their crushingly slow tempos and occult-tinged heaviness, drawing on traditional doom and death-doom influences to build dense, hypnotic walls of misery.
Austin outfit combining the slow burn of doom with sludge metal's abrasive grit, channeling the heat and intensity of the Texas underground into bleak, feedback-drenched soundscapes.
Louisiana doom and sludge outfit from Port Allen drawing on the murky, oppressive atmosphere of the Gulf South, layering post-metal dynamics over crushed, tar-thick riffs.
Florida black/doom project formed in 2026 out of Palm Coast, channeling bleak, misanthropic atmosphere through the intersection of raw black metal and funeral-paced doom.
Brooklyn outfit pulling from doom, traditional heavy metal, and thrash to craft a sound that is equal parts crushing and driving, occupying a gritty crossroads between old-school weight and aggressive momentum.
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