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Seattle, Washington heavy metal band Culprit were an early 1980s act who released their debut record on Shrapnel Records, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's early metal scene with polished, radio-ready heavy metal. Their 1983 debut "Guilty as Charged" remains a cult document of American traditional metal.
Cincinnati's Cult of Sorrow take early heavy metal's most primal impulses and run them through a lens of occult doom, drawing on traditional witchcraft imagery while keeping the riffs massive and the atmosphere brooding. Their 2019 album Invocation of the Lucifer is their most complete statement, framing the horned god as a force of nature rather than a figure of evil.
Heavy metal band from Malmö, active since 2011. Cult of the Fox delivers classic, riff-driven traditional metal from southern Sweden.
Ocala, Florida's Cultellarii are a female-fronted doom outfit whose sludgy, pitch-black sound draws on Cathedral, Celtic Frost, and Type O Negative to explore themes of gender dysphoria and institutional oppression. Their 2013 album Black Urth Cabal makes clear they are as interested in lyrical weight as they are in gravitational heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Sula on Norway's western coast, formed in 2018. Cultural Abomination brings traditional metal to the remote island communities of Møre og Romsdal.
Heavy and speed metal band from Burgos, Spain, formed in 2017. They deliver fast, powerful metal from the historic Castilian city.
Heavy thrash band from Lisbon, active since 2010. Cunnilingus delivers provocatively-named, riff-driven metal from the Portuguese capital.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa's Cur channel groove metal's heavy mid-paced momentum into a blunt, meat-and-potatoes heavy metal framework, favoring direct, riff-driven aggression over technical complexity. The Iowa band represent the Midwest's deep tradition of blue-collar, no-frills metal made for the road and the pit.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Hoeilaart, Belgium, active since 2010. Named after the radioactive element, they deliver hard-hitting thrash with classic heavy metal foundations from the outskirts of Brussels.
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