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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Annapurna merges progressive metal with sludge from Belfast since 2017, named after one of the Himalayas' most dangerous peaks. Their mountaineering name suits compositions that scale massive, treacherous sonic heights.
Annatar crafts symphonic metal from Delft since 2022, named after Sauron's fair disguise in Tolkien's legendarium. From the city of Vermeer, they weave orchestral deception through compositions that mask darkness beneath beauty.
Anneliese Michel creates crust and post-black metal from Glazov in Udmurtia since 2013. Named after the German woman whose exorcism and death became one of the 20th century's most disturbing religious cases, they channel that horror from this remote Ural Republic city.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia progressive metal project active since 2013. Their self-titled debut and a Joy Division cover reveal a band with eclectic taste, operating from the small Appalachian town made famous by the Mothman legend.
Portland, Oregon NWOTHM act with a name that demands the Lone Star State join the Pacific Northwest. Three releases since 2016 including The Delta Variant deliver classic heavy metal with a wry sensibility, proving traditional metal thrives in Portland's anything-goes musical ecosystem.
Annexation is a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, founded in 2015 by Lizard Gonzales, delivering fast, classic thrash metal inspired by Slayer, Exodus, Demolition Hammer, and Power Trip. Their catalog includes the 2017 EP Reptile World Order, the 2019 release Jackhammer Treatment, and the eleven-track 2020 debut album Inherent Brutality, all recorded and mixed by Marc Wustenhagen in Berlin.
Death metal project of unknown origin whose 2012 debut them strips the genre to its barest essentials. Lowercase title, no location, no biography — just destruction.
Carbondale, Illinois metalcore act with remarkable longevity, spanning 2005 to 2018. From their debut Images of Disgust to the much later Perpetual Fracture, they've endured through the genre's boom-and-bust cycle, anchored in Southern Illinois University's college-town scene.
Lumberton melodic death metal project from the North Carolina underground.
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