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Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Luminiferous (2015)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Shame On Me (2022)
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Colorado Springs outfit founded in 2015 that fuses psychedelic doom and sludge metal into slow, haze-drenched soundscapes rooted in the high-altitude heaviness of the Rocky Mountain region.
Philadelphia doom and stoner metal trio active since 2001, known for their largely instrumental approach and the prominent role of the violin alongside guitar and drums, an unusual sonic identity within the genre.
Arvada, Colorado black and doom metal band formed in 2011, merging the glacial heaviness of doom with the bleakness of black metal in the high-elevation atmosphere of the Front Range.
Geneva, Illinois drone, doom, and sludge metal band formed in 2021, layering oppressive sonic weight across slow, cavernous compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy experimentalism.
Salem, Massachusetts doom and death metal project active since 2013, marrying the crawling heaviness of doom with death metal's darkness in a town historically associated with the macabre.
Chicago sludge and doom metal band founded in 2016, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy music that values atmosphere as much as volume.
Colossal Stoner / Doom Metal from San Antonio.
Houston doom and heavy metal band formed in 2021, drawing on psychedelic hard rock and classic doom influences to craft a sound that bridges vintage heavy rock and modern metal.
Portland, Maine funeral doom metal band active since 2018, specializing in the genre's characteristically glacial tempos and immense sonic weight, bringing an extreme iteration of doom to New England.
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