Black metal and doom metal project of unknown origin. Sacred space built from atmosphere and crushing weight.

Richmond, Virginia doom and gothic metal project. Dark beauty and crushing weight from the former capital of the Confederacy.

Afghan Haze is a stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Connecticut. With two full-lengths — "Nihilistic Stoner Hymns" and "Sermons of Filth and Disgust" — and two EPs, the band delivers exactly what those titles promise: filthy, weed-soaked doom drenched in nihilistic heaviness.

Baltimore doom metal project. The name evokes Huysmans' decadent novel, channeling literary darkness through Charm City heaviness.

Lexington, Kentucky doom metal project. Entropy and collapse rendered in crushing heaviness from the Bluegrass capital.

Agnosis is a doom metal band from New York City. With two EPs — "Hecate" (2005) and "A Painful Pattern" (2012) — the band plays slow, deliberate doom metal that draws from occult and introspective themes.

Agoraphobic Nosebleed is a legendary grindcore and experimental extreme music project from Springfield, Massachusetts. Founded by Scott Hull of Pig Destroyer, the project is known for their machine-gun cybergrind assaults as well as unexpected stylistic detours into sludge and doom metal, making them one of the most unpredictable and influential acts in American grindcore.

Agowilt is a drone/doom metal and crust project from Long Beach, California. Their 2012 single "Clocks Made Of Their Own Bones" hints at a band operating at the crushing intersection of drone doom and crust punk.

Aittala is a heavy, stoner, and doom metal band from the Raleigh/Apex area of North Carolina. With six releases stretching back to 1993, the band is a veteran act with over three decades of heavy, groove-laden doom under their belt.