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.

Hobart, Indiana doom and sludge metal band Chainsmoker play heavy, feedback-laden music rooted in Southern sludge and traditional doom conventions. Their sound is deliberately slow and crushing, with fuzzed-out guitar tones central to their approach.

New York heavy metal and doom act Chaka blend traditional heavy metal songwriting with the slower, heavier passages of doom metal. Their sound draws on classic American and British heavy metal foundations while incorporating a darker, more ponderous edge.

Minneapolis, Minnesota funeral doom act Chalice of Suffering specialize in crushingly slow, grief-laden doom metal in the tradition of Skepticism and Mournful Congregation. Their songs are long, immersive, and built around an overwhelming sense of weight and despair.

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Beckley, West Virginia death-doom band Chambers of Disdain combine the crushing weight of doom metal with the aggression and density of death metal. Their sound is slow and oppressive, drawing on the death-doom tradition established by early Paradise Lost and Autopsy.

Jersey City, New Jersey stoner-doom band Changeörder traffic in heavy, fuzz-saturated riffs and slow grooves rooted in the traditions of Black Sabbath and early American stoner rock. Their sound is thick and repetitive, built for maximum sonic weight.

Chaos Moon is a black metal project founded in Philadelphia by Alex Poole, blending raw black metal with doom and funeral doom influences into a sound of dense atmospheric despair. Active since the mid-2000s with breaks and reformations, their 2017 album Eschaton Mémoire is considered their most critically acclaimed work.

Chaosmonaut is an experimental doom and sludge metal band from Boise, Idaho, formed in 2017, that draws on jazz, drone, and progressive rock alongside classic doom influences like Yob and Earth. The band is known for long-form compositions and a freeform approach to heavy music.

Indiana's Charybdis forge a hybrid of death metal, groove, and hardcore that refuses easy categorization, with the visceral directness of punk bleeding into extreme metal's more crushing textures. Their sound has a blunt, functional brutality that suits the unpretentious character of the Midwestern underground.

Pennsylvania's Chasms dwell in the overlap of death doom and classic doom metal, conjuring slow, grief-stricken heaviness that unfolds with deliberate, funereal patience. Their compositions carry the weight of the genre's most suffocating traditions.

Buffalo's Chelseigh channels the oppressive weight of doom and sludge metal through a haze of distortion and slow-burning riffs. The band taps into the Northeast's tradition of heavy, emotionally crushing music.