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DRL is a modern turn-based roguelike game inspired by traditional shooters like *Doom*. It’s notable for its open-source development following a legal challenge related to the original *Doom* title in 2016. The game offers strategic combat and procedural level generation appealing to fans of tactica...

Autopsy’s Severed Survival (1989) is a foundational death metal album from California. The record showcases intensely heavy music blending extreme brutality with the deliberate pacing of doom. It's notable for its significant influence on the genre’s development and remains a key reference point for...

DoomRL is a classic turn-based roguelike developed by Kornel Kisielewicz. It recreates the fast-paced action of the original Doom using traditional ASCII graphics and a unique strategy centered on methodical, turn-by-turn combat. The game’s notable innovation lies in adapting the shooter's intense p...

Released in 2002, Doom, the Roguelike is a turn-based strategy game that translates the first-person shooter mechanics of the original Doom into a roguelike format. Developed by Kornel Kisielewicz under the ChaosForge name, the game features permadeath, procedurally generated levels, and tactical co...

Asphyx’s “Last One on Earth” is a seminal 1992 death-doom metal album from the Netherlands. Known for its intensely bleak atmosphere and vocalist Martin van Drunen's distinctive, guttural style, the record exemplifies the genre's fusion of doom and death metal elements. It remains significant within...

Incantation’s *Diabolical Conquest* is a 1998 death metal album showcasing the band's signature cavernous sound. The record established Incantation as a key figure in New York’s burgeoning death metal scene with its intensely heavy and bleak atmosphere. It remains notable for its uncompromising brut...

Amorphis’ *Tales from the Thousand Lakes* is a pivotal death-metal album released in 1994. The Finnish band innovatively combines traditional doom metal with prominent folk melodies and synthesizers creating a unique sound. This record significantly impacted the genre and remains notable for its amb...

Asphyx’s The Rack is a 1991 Dutch death-metal album recognized as a foundational work in the genre. Its intensely heavy and deliberately paced style—characterized by doom influences and significant technical proficiency—established Asphyx's signature sound. This record remains notable for its impact...

Incantation’s “Mortal Throne of Nazarene” is a 1994 death-metal album released by the New York band. The record established Incantation's signature sound: intensely heavy and cavernous compositions rooted in doom and extreme metal. It’s notable for its bleak atmosphere and influential contribution t...

Grave Miasma’s *Odori Sepulcrorum* is a 2013 death metal album from the UK band. The record showcases cavernous soundscapes and complex riffs reminiscent of classic doom and death metal styles. It's notable for its exploration of morbid, often unsettling themes. This album appeals to listeners inter...

Asphyx’s Deathhammer is a 2012 death-metal album from the Dutch band. It showcases their signature style of doom-influenced death metal characterized by crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The record earned critical acclaim for its authentic return to the band's foundational sound, appealing to fans...

Macabre Eternal is the fifth studio album by the California death metal band Autopsy, released in 2011 on Peaceville Records. The record is notable as it marked the band's full reunion and served as their first full-length studio release in nearly sixteen years. Autopsy is highly influential for pio...

Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Autopsy, released by Peaceville Records in 2023.

"The Karelian Isthmus" is the debut studio album by the Finnish death metal band Amorphis, released in 1992. The record features a traditional, old-school death metal sound heavily influenced by the early 1990s extreme metal scene, incorporating slow, doom-laden riffing alongside aggressive vocals....

"Morbidity Triumphant" is the eighth studio album by the American death metal band Autopsy, released in 2022 through Peaceville Records. Formed in 1987 by drummer and vocalist Chris Reifert, the California-based group is known for pioneering a raw, old-school death metal sound heavily infused with s...

Dirges of Elysium is the ninth studio album by American death metal band Incantation, released in 2014 and produced by the band with Bill Korecky.

Necroceros is the 2021 seventh studio album by Dutch death-doom metal band Asphyx, recognized for continuing their decades-long legacy of blending brutally heavy death metal with doom elements.

Acts of the Unspeakable is the third studio album by Autopsy, an American death metal band from California, released in 1992. It retains the band's morbid, doom-laden death metal while introducing shorter, faster passages associated with grindcore. The album is distinguished by its deliberately raw...

"Death... the Brutal Way" is the fourth studio album by the Dutch death-doom metal band Asphyx, released in 2009 through Century Media Records. The album is significant because it marked the return of frontman Martin van Drunen to the band's vocal position after more than a decade. It features a raw...

'Abyss of Wrathful Deities' is a studio album by the British death metal band Grave Miasma, released in 2020. The group is recognized for its esoteric, cavernous approach to extreme metal, utilizing heavy distortion and dark atmospheric elements. The album explores occult and mythological themes, ca...

Living Tomb is the 2019 debut studio album by the American death-doom metal band Ossuarium. Based in Portland, Oregon, the band utilizes heavily distorted guitars and slower tempos characteristic of the death-doom genre. The album's sound draws heavily on the melancholic and atmospheric elements of...

Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves is Autopsy's seventh studio album, released in 2014 after the influential California death metal band's reunion.

Incoming Death is the sixth studio album by the Dutch death-doom metal band Asphyx, released in 2016. The record features the band's classic lineup, including vocalist Martin van Drunen and guitarist Paul Baayens. It continues their established style of mid-tempo, old-school death metal mixed with h...

Disgorged from Psychotic Depths is a 2019 studio album by the American death-doom metal band Mortiferum, released through Profound Lore Records. Formed in Washington state, the band uses this record to establish a crushing, cavernous atmosphere driven by slow, heavy tempos and low-tuned guitars. The...

Blasphemy is the fifth studio album by American death metal band Incantation, released by Necropolis Records in 2002 and dedicated to Chad Severn.

Decimate Christendom is Incantation's sixth studio album, released in 2004; it was the American death metal band's first with John McEntee on vocals.

The Infernal Storm is the fourth studio album by the American death metal band Incantation, released in 2000. The album continues the band's established approach to extreme metal, characterized by slow-to-mid-paced tempos, guttural vocals, and dark, oppressive atmospheres. Incantation was founded in...

Shitfun is Autopsy's fourth studio album, released in 1995 as the California death metal band's final full-length before its original breakup.