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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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Lynden/Custer industrial project from the Washington underground.
Los Angeles thrash metal project. The name's philosophical implications — of randomness and subjectivity — add an unexpectedly cerebral dimension to their contribution to LA's thrash lineage.
Joshua Tree death metal project from the California underground.
Chicago sludge metal project active since 2010. Three releases including the simply titled I and the later Purgative deliver thick, punishing heaviness that channels the Midwest's industrial landscape into music built for endurance.
Green Bay/Milwaukee black metal project whose albums The Plutonian Shore and Echoes Over Oceans pair Edgar Allan Poe's cosmic imagery with atmospheric black metal since 2012. Wisconsin winter channeled through literary darkness.
Arbor Vitae explores progressive metal from the coastal city of Vaasa since 2020, their Latin name meaning "tree of life" reflecting organic, growth-oriented compositions. Their sound channels the natural world through the lens of progressive metal's technical ambitions.
Born from the members of Noxius Corp., Arborea crafted progressive gothic metal in Barcelona before releasing their sole album "Collage" in 2012 and disbanding. Their brief but focused career captured the melancholic beauty of Catalonia's gothic metal scene at its most introspective.
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Arborectum fuses black and death metal from the Pohjanmaa region since 2023, their botanical name suggesting a cultivated approach to extreme metal. The project draws from Ostrobothnia's flat, forested landscape to create music of vast scope.
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