Roseville, California's Chrome Ghost blends doom, sludge, and post-metal into a slow-burning, psychedelic heavy sound. Their music favors long-form compositions that build tension through layers of distortion and atmospheric dynamics.

Seattle's Cleanse navigate the slow, aching terrain between doom and post-metal, building expansive, emotionally charged pieces from crushing low-end and restrained atmosphere. Their sound carries the grey weight of the Pacific Northwest.

Dayton, Ohio's Close the Hatch have been building their atmospheric doom-post-metal sound since 2011, occupying a sonic space where Electric Wizard's psychedelic weight meets the post-metal grandeur of Neurosis. Their 2020 album Modern Witchcraft, released on Red Moth Records, stands as one of their most fully realized statements.

Cloudkicker is the solo project of Columbus, Ohio-based guitarist Ben Sharp, a commercial airline pilot who has released instrumental post-metal and djent music under that alias since 2007. Sharp composes, records, and engineers everything himself, and has distributed all releases as pay-what-you-want downloads under Creative Commons licensing, amassing an unusually large following for a DIY studio project. His breakthrough album Beacons arrived in 2010, and a short touring run in 2014 with Intronaut as a backing band marked his only live performances.

Las Vegas post-metal and doom outfit Commonear build expansive, slow-burn soundscapes in the shadow of the Nevada desert. Their music trades the Strip's glitter for bleak, heavy atmosphere.

Indianapolis sludge metal band building walls of crushing, feedback-drenched sound in the Midwestern underground. Their slow, punishing riffs and bleak atmosphere carry the weight of the genre's heaviest practitioners.

Baltimore sludge and post-metal band weaving doom heaviness with dark atmosphere and emotional weight. Their slow, oppressive sound draws from the bleaker edges of heavy music.

Madison, Wisconsin band weaving black metal harshness together with post-metal's expansive, atmospheric qualities to build something both abrasive and meditative. The contrast between destruction and reflection runs through everything they create.

Kansas City doom and funeral doom band whose post-metal atmosphere stretches songs into vast, mournful landscapes. Their music moves with glacial patience and devastating emotional weight.