with the exception of Boris, I can't think of any bands in metal that are as hardworking and consistently as good as Thou. The only artists that rival their output are one-man bands. And in my opinion, Thou is putting out the best sludge/doom metal right now. the only competition is SubRosa
Cormorant is also really good. I wasn't too keen on Saor wen i jammed them. And Pallbearer is good but I feel like there wasn't a huge difference between their two albums. I'm not trying to say Thou is the best band and nobody comes close, they're just my favorite band in metal at the moment. There's tons of awesome bands out right now.
yeah i'm not super down with folk metal like you are. Agalloch is p much the only folk metal I ever got into. Moonsorrow's 2012 record was p good, if they count
I like Cormorant, but they're not as good as Thou and Pallbearer. My other favorites right now are The Body, Indian, Portal, YOB, Boris and the hardcoreish stuff like Baptists and Nails. New False is stout. A lot of stuff I had been really into has kinda fell off lately, like WITTR
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most everyone else is just treading water
They're like Celtic Agalloch + folk instruments
The Body is pretty cool. Have you checked out The Body & Thou's collaborative work, Satan?