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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Head Cage (2018)
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Lebanon, Oregon heavy metal act rooted in classic metal conviction, wielding chunky riffs and a blue-collar intensity that echoes the Pacific Northwest's underground metal community.
California heavy metal act bringing a no-frills, high-energy approach to the genre — catchy riffs, driving rhythms, and a hard-hitting attitude that gets straight to the point.
Heavy thrash band from Eindhoven, formed in 2019. Crimson River delivers sharp, riff-driven metal from the North Brabant capital.
Raleigh heavy metal outfit delivering meat-and-potatoes traditional metal with down-tuned authority, channeling the Southern spirit of their region into a hard-charging sound.
Power-speed metal band from Valledoria in Sassari province, Sardinia, formed in 2020. Crimson Storm delivers anthemic, high-velocity metal from the Mediterranean island.
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Progressive heavy metal band from Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2019. Crimson Sunset blends progressive complexity with classic metal from the bilingual Alpine border region.
Heavy metal band from Alicante, Spain, emerging in 2025. They channel classic heavy metal power from the Mediterranean coast.
Big Sandy, Texas heavy metal band carrying the lone-star underground tradition with blunt, hard-hitting riffs and a raw, working-class intensity rooted in deep East Texas.
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