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12:06 is a groove metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, releasing a four-track EP in 2016 that opens with the politically charged "Not a Government Toy." The band's confrontational stance carries through track titles that don't mince words, delivering heavy grooves with a punk-informed directness. Their sound is rooted in the working-class tradition of Boston heavy music.
12Gaugedentalwork is a death metal act from Denver, Colorado, releasing two EPs totaling 15 tracks since 2024. With songs like "Sewer Wretch," "Slow Drip From The Attic," and "Necronomicum," the band trades in grimy, horror-tinged death metal. Their output places them in Denver's growing extreme metal underground.
13 Bells of Doom is a doom metal band from Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile, formed in 2015, featuring vocalist Paulo Lehmann alongside a lineup recorded at the Throne of Nefarious Estudio in Valdivia. The band released their self-titled debut album in August 2018 through Chilean label Apocalyptic Records in a limited run of 500 copies. Their music draws on themes of horror, death, and the occult.
13 Candles is a traditional heavy metal band from Dix Hills on Long Island, New York, active since 2014 with a 13-track full-length. The band plays classic, riff-driven heavy metal in the NWOBHM tradition, with tracks like "Disbelievers" and "Xenomorph" nodding to the genre's sci-fi and horror roots. Their sound keeps the flame of traditional metal burning on Long Island.
Hollis, Maine black metal project whose name evokes over a decade of New England cold. Rural Maine providing the perfect backdrop for atmospheric darkness.
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Oslo in 1997, taking their name from the year the Black Death reached Norway. The quartet plays an uncompromising, speed-driven style of black metal indebted to the second-wave Norwegian tradition, releasing their debut Liberation in 2003 on Toten Musik and following it with Hellfire in 2005, which became one of the most ferociously performed black metal albums of that era. They have released eight studio albums in total, including The Infernal Pathway in 2019 and The Wolf and the King in 2024, maintaining a consistently raw and aggressive approach across their career.
137 is a sludge metal project that relocated from Petoskey, Michigan to the Rochester/Canandaigua area of New York, releasing an eight-track debut in 2024. The album features unconventional instrumentation — including bass clarinet — woven into a framework of crushing sludge. The project brings an experimental, avant-garde approach to heavy, distorted music.
Erupting from the Pittsburgh hardcore scene in 2015, 156/Silence fuse the poetic intensity of post-hardcore with the aggression of mathcore and metallic hardcore. Named after a measure count on a piece of sheet music, the band channels chaotic energy through dissonant riffs and visceral screams. Their atmospheric yet punishing sound has made them torchbearers for Pittsburgh's resurgent heavy music community.
16 is a sludge metal institution from Los Angeles, California, with a massive catalog spanning ten releases and over 100 tracks since 2009. The band is one of the defining acts of the LA sludge scene, dealing in nihilistic, feedback-drenched heaviness that has influenced countless bands. Their prolific output and uncompromising vision have made them a cornerstone of American sludge metal.
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