Bereft is a sludgy doom band that consists of members of Abysmal Dawn, Intronaut and The Faceless. Their album "Leichenhaus" (which apparently means morgue in German) is an absolute beast of an album. The songs are s-l-o-w as fuck with hooks that will stay in your head for days. Think early Cathedral or November's Doom, yet at the same time unique.
One issue I've had with many doom albums in the past is that many of the songs seem to drag on forever with no real point to them other than to be as oppressive and melancholic as possible.
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