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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Sterling, Virginia doom metal project whose deliberately misspelled name and 2011 EP Pilot... Chariot... hint at the cosmic mysticism driving their sound. Heavy, deliberate riffs suggesting extraterrestrial origins for humanity's heaviest music.
Ancient Bards have crafted symphonic power metal from Rimini since 2010, building an international reputation for epic, fantasy-inspired compositions. Their name signals the storytelling tradition at the heart of their approach, delivering elaborate narrative albums with orchestral grandeur and soaring vocals.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina black metal act debuting in 2025 with a self-titled full-length. A fresh addition to the Triangle area's growing extreme metal scene, arriving fully formed with album-length ambition from the start.
Ancient Breed is a heavy metal band from the Offenbach district of Germany, formed in 2019, rooted in the traditional heavy metal sound that Germany has championed since the genre's early days. The band carries forward the riff-driven, no-frills approach to heavy metal in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
Ancient Burial practices black metal from an undisclosed Portuguese location since 2020. Their archaeological-funerary name drives compositions that excavate darkness from the depths of the earth.
Portland deathcore outfit whose 2020 debut Beyond the Watchtowers delivers crushing breakdowns and apocalyptic atmosphere from the Pacific Northwest. The album paints visions of civilizational collapse through the lens of modern extreme metal.
Detroit thrash metal project from the Michigan underground.
Denver death metal project from the Colorado underground.
Syracuse, New York thrash metal act arriving in 2023 with a self-titled EP. Sharp, focused thrash from Upstate New York's scrappy underground, carrying the torch for a genre that refuses to die.
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