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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Folk metal project from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2024. Clagarnaċ — rendered in Irish orthography — channels Gaelic folk traditions through a heavy metal lens.
Cincinnati, Ohio crust-punk and death metal band Coelacanth have been grinding out ferocious, politically charged metal since the early 1990s, earning a cult following in the American underground. Their sound fuses the rawness of crust with the brutality of early death metal.
Genre-spanning act from Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, active since 2012. Concrete Age blends death, folk, power, and thrash metal into an ambitious whole from the Caucasus mineral springs region.
Folk and power metal band from Rotterdam, active since 2008. Conorach weaves Celtic folk melodies into epic power metal from the Netherlands' largest port city.
Conxuro is a folk metal band from Mar del Plata, Argentina, formed in 2007 and built around a full ensemble that includes guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, violin, and flute. The band released La Rueda de la Fortuna in 2012 and their second album Fuego Interior in 2017, recorded at Estudio Mix in Mar del Plata, with vocalist Agustin Raimondi fronting a lineup that has featured members such as Valeria Barbas on flute and Daniela Nazar on violin.
Petaluma's Cormorant blend black and death metal with folk textures and progressive ambition across sweeping, literary-minded albums. They are one of the most ambitious DIY metal acts in the American underground.
Seattle black and symphonic metal band that layers orchestral grandeur over black metal's icy ferocity. Their sound is cinematic in scope, drawing on the gloom and grandeur of the Pacific Northwest.
Black-folk-thrash act from Skellefteå in northern Sweden, active since 2014. Cosmic Death blends folk elements and thrash aggression with black metal from the sub-Arctic Norrland.
Folk-infused black metal band from France, active since 2011. They weave folk elements and atmospheric layers through a black metal foundation.
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