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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Long Island's Epitome started as a thrash act and expanded into heavier, more groove-oriented territory over time, tracing a trajectory familiar to New York's durable metal underground. Active since 2006, they've developed a sound that honors both phases of their evolution.
Heavy metal, power metal, and progressive metal band from Villeurbanne near Lyon, France, launched in 2025. They deliver a multi-faceted metal sound from the greater Lyon area.
Heavy Ritual Dark Ambient from Plano.
Heavy Dark Ambient (early); Techno / EBM (later) from Dallas (early)/San Antonio (later).
Sofia-based metal act that evolved from heavy/thrash metal origins into groove metal territory since 2014. Their stylistic shift reflects a move from high-speed aggression toward heavier, rhythmically driven compositions.
Heavy metal and symphonic metal band from Nantes, France formed in 2021. They blend orchestral elements with melodic heavy metal from the Loire estuary.
San Diego thrash/heavy metal band tapping into the California coast's deep tradition of aggressive, sun-bleached metal — riff-forward and no-frills, built for the pit.
Groove and heavy metal band from Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, active since 2008. They bring chunky, riff-driven metal with a groove-heavy edge to the Navarrese scene.
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