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Say The Phrase (2022)
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Hands Off She’s Mine (Live) (2021)
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In The Name of Reason (2017)
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Orange County, California doom metal project shrouded in mystery. Their untitled debut channels the genre's most spectral qualities, the name evoking ghostly visitations rendered in crushing heaviness.
Los Angeles symphonic metal project from the California underground.
Appendix is a gothic rock and metal band from Bruhl near Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, blending the dark romanticism of gothic rock with the heavier edge of metal. The band operates in the Rhineland region, contributing to the gothic metal tradition that has deep roots in the German scene.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee doom metal project named after the ancient Roman road.
Fresno, California NWOTHM project whose 2016 single channels classic heavy metal from California's Central Valley. A grassroots contribution to the state's vast traditional metal ecosystem.
Appomattox is a heavy and power metal band from Geislingen an der Steige in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, formed in 2008, named after the site of the American Civil War's conclusion. The band delivers power and heavy metal from the Swabian Alb foothills, merging historical themes with the genre's characteristic power and melody.
Portland stoner metal project from the Maine underground.
Tennessee heavy metal / nwothm project.
Ingleside, Illinois groove metal and melodic death metal hybrid whose 2013 debut Evolution of Reality blends Scandinavian melodeath with American groove sensibilities. A suburban Chicago act reaching for something beyond the ordinary.
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