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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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Florida Southern metal and metalcore band whose Bandcamp handle references the number 666, merging the groove-heavy riffing of Southern metal with the aggressive breakdowns of metalcore.
Slyphr is a Philadelphia-based groove and southern metal band formed in 2014, fusing the heavy mid-tempo churn of groove metal with southern rock sensibilities reminiscent of Pantera and Down.
Clarksburg, West Virginia stoner and Southern metal band formed in 2013, building a sound rooted in Appalachian grit and the greasy, riff-heavy traditions of Southern hard rock.
Sofa King Killer is a sludge and doom metal band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 2000, blending Southern rock grooves with the suffocating heaviness of the Midwest sludge tradition across more than two decades of activity.
Sons of God is a southern/sludge metal band from Douglasville, Georgia, formed in 2015, merging the gritty heaviness of sludge with the swaggering groove sensibility of Southern metal.
Southern Heretics are a Duncan, Oklahoma band formed in 2014 that fuses Southern metal's gritty, bluesy heaviness with the speed and ferocity of thrash, carving out a regionally distinctive sound from the Oklahoma underground.
Southern Whiskey Rebellion is a New Orleans, Louisiana band formed in 2005 whose Southern/stoner metal sound draws from the region's bluesy, hazy heaviness, combining the slow burn of stoner metal with distinctly Louisianan grit.
Southview is a heavy metal band from Rochelle, Illinois, formed in 2015 that blends traditional heavy metal with Southern metal influences, delivering a riff-driven sound rooted in American metal's blue-collar heartland tradition.
Speedfreak is a Southern/heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2022, blending the groove and swagger of Southern metal with classic heavy metal riffing in an unusually Northern context.
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