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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Sacramento act blending technical death metal with progressive structures and thrash-driven aggression, channeling complex rhythmic shifts into a sound that feels both cerebral and visceral.
Salt Lake City's Castleaxe play high-octane speed metal with a traditional heavy metal heart, built on twin guitar harmonies, galloping rhythms, and an unapologetically retro sensibility.
Speed and thrash metal band from Rothenthurm, Switzerland, formed in 2017. They channel the raw intensity and breakneck tempos of the classic speed metal era into a modern Swiss thrash attack.
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Severn, Maryland one-man heavy/speed/thrash metal project delivering tightly wound riffs and driving rhythms rooted in the classic metal tradition.
New York City black/speed metal solo project drawing from Japanese punk, Eastern European black metal, and raw lo-fi production with a punk-inflected vocal style.
Black, heavy, and speed metal band from Turnov, Czech Republic, active since 2013. Their sound fuses first-wave black metal darkness with the velocity of speed metal and the power of traditional heavy metal.
Power and speed metal band from Pforzheim, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel the energy and velocity of classic speed metal with power metal's melodic hooks.
Black speed metal act from Oslo, active since 2006. Celtic Moon fuses Celtic themes with raw black-speed metal from the Norwegian capital.
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