Riverside, New Jersey band working in death-doom, combining the crushing weight of doom metal with the brutality of death metal for a slow, dense, and suffocating sound.

Houston, Texas death-doom band blending the slow, grinding heaviness of doom metal with death metal's brutality, creating a dense and oppressive sound rooted in the Texas extreme metal scene.

Doom and sludge metal band delivering the genre's slow, oppressive heaviness through down-tuned riffs and a suffocating atmosphere.

Phoenix, Arizona death-doom band merging the slow funeral weight of doom metal with the harsh vocal and riff aesthetics of death metal for a brooding and cavernous sound.

Cerphas is a Tulsa, Oklahoma band operating in the bleak intersection of black metal and doom, constructing oppressive, slow-burning material steeped in darkness and desolation. Their sound prioritizes atmosphere and weight over speed.

Cessation is a San Diego, California funeral doom metal band crafting extraordinarily slow, grief-laden compositions built on crushing low-end riffs and bleak, suffocating atmosphere. Their work sits at the extreme end of the doom spectrum, prioritizing heaviness and despair over accessibility.

Cetacean is a Los Angeles, California doom and sludge metal band building massive, slow-moving compositions out of grinding riffs and oppressive low-end heaviness. Their sound evokes the oceanic enormity suggested by their name, blending Southern-inflected sludge with crushing doom.

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean is a Springfield, Massachusetts doom and sludge metal band constructing devastatingly slow, cavernous compositions built on massive riffs and suffocating heaviness. Their work exemplifies the bleakest and most abyssal end of the American sludge-doom tradition.

San Francisco, California act Chainsaw Zombie weave together black metal, death metal, and doom metal into a dark, mid-paced assault drawing from the Bay Area's extreme metal history. The death-doom elements slow their attack and add a sepulchral heaviness.