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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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This California-based Castle play meat-and-potatoes heavy metal with roots in the classic tradition — straightforward song structures, melodic hooks, and a sound that owes as much to the NWOBHM as to anything modern.
Heavy metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Castle Mountain brings traditional metal energy to the Portuguese capital.
Salt Lake City's Castleaxe play high-octane speed metal with a traditional heavy metal heart, built on twin guitar harmonies, galloping rhythms, and an unapologetically retro sensibility.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Manosque in Provence, France, formed in 2023. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Michigan's Castles in Spain weave power metal's melodic grandeur into a progressive framework, favoring elaborate song structures and dynamic shifts over pure speed or blunt aggression.
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Doom and heavy metal band from Ostrołęka in northeastern Poland, active since 2014. Catacombat crafts slow, massive riffs with an old-school heavy metal foundation.
Catagory-5 delivers straightforward heavy metal in the classic mold, with crunchy mid-paced riffs and melodic vocal hooks reminiscent of the NWOBHM-influenced American scene. Their South Jersey roots inform a blue-collar, no-frills approach to the genre.
Catalano brings a driving heavy metal sound to Chicago's underground, blending hard rock energy with metal heft through melodic guitar work and assertive vocals. Their songwriting leans on groove and hooks over technical complexity.
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