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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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San Jose, California death metal act whose 2017 debut The Dark Curse channels occult menace through punishing extremity. Bay Area death metal with a supernatural edge.
Arcane Fire brings heavy metal to Jyväskylä since 2019, channeling the mystical energy their name implies through classic metal frameworks. Their approach combines traditional heaviness with an esoteric edge.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania doom metal project building their catalog in numbered volumes since 2023. The methodical, sequential release approach mirrors the patient, deliberate nature of their crushing doom.
Arcane Grail crafts symphonic black metal and melodic death metal from Moscow since 2010. Their mystical-chalice name drives fifteen years of orchestrally enriched compositions from the Russian capital.
Madera/San Francisco black metal project whose 2018 releases Collection of Old Filth and In Defiance pair raw aggression with lo-fi aesthetics. Splitting operations between Central Valley isolation and Bay Area intensity.
Lester, Alabama black metal project drawing from fantasy RPG imagery since 2023. Their full-length Labyrinthia and associated singles build a dungeon-crawling mythology through atmospheric black metal from rural northern Alabama.
Knoxville, Tennessee black metal project whose 2021 EP The Elders Present to Me channels ancestral mysticism through frigid extremity. East Tennessee's Appalachian folklore providing rich source material for atmospheric black metal.
Rochester melodic death metal project from the New York underground.
Arcane North crafts atmospheric black metal from County Durham since 2014, drawing from the ancient landscapes of England's northeast. Over a decade of atmospheric compositions channel the region's Roman and Saxon heritage.
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