(waning) is a doom and post-metal band from Sacramento, California, active since 2007 with a catalog spanning eight releases. From the sparse beginnings of their 2007 self-titled EP through the expansive atmospherics of 2017's full-length "Still Hours," the band has steadily refined a sound rooted in glacial heaviness and brooding emotional weight. Their work occupies the space where crushing doom riffs dissolve into shimmering post-metal passages.

Boston post-metal pioneers and one of the most respected instrumental heavy bands in American music. Their innovative approach to crushing, riff-centric heaviness without vocals helped define the post-metal genre alongside Isis and Pelican.

Worcester, Massachusetts hardcore punk and post-metal project. The existentialist name channels the ever-present awareness of mortality through heavy, boundary-crossing music from central Massachusetts.

Philadelphia post-metal project whose name pairs mortality with the tranquil shore. Atmospheric heaviness that finds darkness in beauty.

Brooklyn post-metal project delivering atmospheric heaviness from New York City's creative epicenter. Cinematic, boundary-crossing music.

Abrams is a sludge and post-metal band from Denver, Colorado. Since their 2014 debut EP "February," the band has released three full-lengths of massive, emotionally charged heaviness, with their sound evolving from raw sludge into expansive post-metal territory across a decade-plus career.

Adzes is a sludge and post-metal band from Seattle. Their two full-lengths — "No One Wants To Speak About It" (2020) and "Inver" (2023) — layer massive sludge riffs over post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness, drawing from the Pacific Northwest's deep well of heavy, contemplative music.

Aegos is a post-metal project from Texas. Their 2021 EP "The Great Burst of Light" lives up to its title with five tracks of luminous, expansive post-metal that favors dynamics and emotional crescendos over brute heaviness.

Columbus, Ohio post-metal and psychedelic project. The Russian word for 'shark' adds predatory edge to atmospheric heaviness.

Madison, Wisconsin post-metal and sludge project. Geographic completeness — every line of longitude — from the Midwest's most progressive college town.

Portland, Oregon post-metal project. The altar-referencing name channels sacred space through atmospheric heaviness.

Philadelphia progressive/post-metal project named for the Alaskan ski resort. Crush blends soaring, atmospheric passages with crushing heaviness in the Isis and Russian Circles tradition.

Los Angeles post-metal project whose 2024 debut carries one of the most apocalyptic titles in recent memory — Where Their Worm Does Not Die and the Fires Are Never Quenched. Biblical dread rendered in towering walls of atmospheric heaviness.

Denver post-metal project whose 2017 EP The Day of our Demise delivers atmospheric, cinematic heaviness. The apocalyptic title and post-metal approach fit naturally into Colorado's growing scene for expansive, boundary-pushing heavy music.

Denton, Texas post-metal project. Yes, like the restaurant.