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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Richmond, Virginia death metal outfit with three releases since 2016. From raw demo origins to the full-length Sacrilege, they've refined their approach to punishing extremity while remaining rooted in Richmond's thriving heavy underground.
Appalling Testimony delivers brutal death metal from Kyiv since 2019. Their horrifying-witness name drives compositions of court-testimony-level brutality from the Ukrainian capital.
Portland black metal veterans with ten releases spanning over two decades since 2001. Their catalog — including remix albums and experimental detours like Arcadia Remixes — reveals a band that has consistently pushed black metal's boundaries from the Pacific Northwest.
Apparatus is an experimental blackened death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2014, whose extensive catalog includes the Cthulhu trilogy, Demonomicon, Yonder Yawns the Universe, and HM-2. The band draws heavily on Lovecraftian cosmic horror themes, building a thematic universe around the eldritch mythology across their releases.
Long Island thrash metal act whose 2024 EP Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State delivers verbose, ambitious thrash from the New York suburbs. The lengthy title promises complexity, and the music follows through.
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.
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