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Black-death metal band from Kaiserslautern, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel sacrilegious darkness through a fusion of black and death metal from the Palatinate.
Fall River, Massachusetts black/doom/heavy metal act Cross Inversion draw on the bleak industrial heritage of their former mill city, crafting dark and oppressive metal rooted in the New England underground.
Anchorage black metal act Cross Rot conjures bleak, primitive darkness rooted in the isolation of the Alaskan wilderness. Their raw approach draws on second-wave traditions with a cold, unrelenting edge.
Black-thrash metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2024. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the speed-driven aggression of thrash.
Symphonic black-thrash metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crossover blend symphonic elements with black metal and thrash.
Blackened death metal project from Norway, active since 2013. Crossthrone delivers dark, extreme metal.
Staten Island's Crotaline blends black metal's icy atmosphere with thrash metal's pummeling forward momentum, a combination that reflects New York City's historically eclectic underground scene. Venomous and aggressive, their sound evokes the serpentine predator in their name.
Portland, Maine's Crouching Nude traffics in the bleak intersection of black and death metal, channeling the grim isolation of the Northeast into dense, aggressive music. Their sound is uncompromising and deliberately obscure.
Crow Dominions is a black metal duo from Mendoza, Argentina, formed by the musicians known as Hellpher and Misahn after their previous band Valquiria disbanded. The duo released Emerging Holocaust in 2021 and have been active on Bandcamp with tracks including Ignis Luciferian Symphony.
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