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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Crust punk, death metal, and grindcore band from Santander in Cantabria, Spain, active since 2011. They fuse the raw fury of crust with grinding death metal extremity.
Austin crust/sludge outfit Cross Builder drag heavy, corroded riffs through a punk-rooted framework, trading in the grimy intersection of crust punk nihilism and sludge metal density.
Blackened crust-death metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2019. They fuse black metal, crust punk, and death metal into a chaotic assault from the Basque Country.
Chicago's Csorna occupy the murky intersection of black metal and crust punk, delivering ferocious, politically charged music with a raw edge. Their sound draws on both the chaos of d-beat and the darkness of the second wave.
Crust punk and death metal band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2016. They fuse the raw fury of crust with death metal aggression from the Basque industrial heartland.
Sherwood, Michigan's Cum Angel merged the rawness of crust punk with black metal bleakness, exploring themes of sexuality, vulnerability, and obsession through a noise-caked, lo-fi lens. The band has since split, but their recorded output remains a document of underground Michigan extremity at its most unfiltered.
Crust-death-grindcore band from Liverpool, England, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, Cuntroller deliver chaotic, raw extremity from Merseyside.
Crust punk and sludge metal band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2020. They fuse the raw political fury of crust punk with sludge metal's oppressive weight.
Raw industrial black-crust metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal with crust punk and industrial elements from the Steel City.
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