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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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California groove metal project whose 2025 single In the galaxy, hides mystical dreams blends cosmic wonder with heavy grooves. The compressed, lowercase name and poetic title signal a band reaching beyond genre conventions.
Apes with Hobbies explores progressive metal from London since 2011, their wonderfully absurd name bringing irreverent humor to the genre's often-serious pretensions. Over a decade of compositionally adventurous metal speaks to sustained creativity.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania death metal project with seven releases since 2013, including the eclectically titled C.R.A.T.E Diggin' EP and bamboo forest EP. A prolific act whose diverse catalog suggests a restless creative mind working through multiple influences from central PA.
Raleigh death metal project from the North Carolina underground.
Phoenix, Arizona metalcore act whose 2017 EP Made For Death delivers aggressive, breakdown-heavy extremity from the Valley of the Sun. Desert heat fueling punishing heaviness.
Pittsburgh death metal project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Apex Terror practices black metal from Sevastopol since 2012. Their peak-of-fear name drives over a decade of compositions from this fortified Black Sea city, channeling its military history into extreme metal.
Aphangak is a Melodic Black/Gothic Metal band from Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia, active since 2001. The band has released five full-length albums, beginning with Shadows of Death in 2003 and most recently Memorias de un territorio ancestral in 2023, and have appeared on multiple Colombian metal compilations through labels including Manitú Records.
Aphangak is a Melodic Black/Gothic Metal band from Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia, active since 2001. The band has released five full-length albums, beginning with Shadows of Death in 2003 and most recently Memorias de un territorio ancestral in 2023, and have appeared on multiple Colombian metal compilations through labels including Manitú Records.
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