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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Hailing from Cornuda (Treviso) in Italy, this industrial/experimental doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2022. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Chicago's Hatemonger arrived in 2021 with a death metal sound rooted in brutality and forward momentum, adding another sharp-edged entry to the city's already fearsome extreme metal lineage.
New York's Hatred Palisade build industrial black metal architecture from cold machinery and corrosive atmosphere, the electronics never softening the aggression but instead amplifying its mechanical dread.
Brutal death metal act with deathcore elements from Liverpool, active since 2015. Their receptor-themed name suits compositions that channel extreme metal brutality from one of England's most iconic cities.
Heavy metal project from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2019. Their enigmatic name suits compositions that channel the mystique of classic heavy metal from Finland's northern reaches.
Richmond's Hectic Polarity navigate the disorienting space between industrial metal's mechanical pulse and sludge metal's tar-thick riffing, producing music that's both mechanically precise and organically crushing. Formed in 2020, they represent a relatively uncommon pairing in the American underground.
Thrash metal act from Le Mans in western France, active since 2009. Their ripper-themed name suits frenzied thrash compositions forged in the Sarthe department, far from France's metal capitals.
Operating from Paris, this electronic industrial metal project has been shaping raw sound since 2006. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Blackened death metal project from an undisclosed French location, active since 2020. Their abbreviated, horn-inspired name suits aggressive compositions blending black and death metal extremity.
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