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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Raleigh, North Carolina black metal project. Minimalist output from the Triangle area's growing extreme underground.
Tucson thrash band channeling the Sonoran Desert's unforgiving heat into blistering speed metal, adding to Southern Arizona's small but fierce extreme music community.
Arcata, California atmospheric black metal project whose misty, forested Northern California surroundings deeply inform their expansive, nature-inspired sound — one of USBM's most acclaimed acts.
Portland stoner metal band riding the Pacific Northwest's legendary fuzz-drenched scene, delivering smoke-heavy grooves from a city that practically invented American stoner doom.
Utica, New York black metal act channeling the economic decay and harsh winters of upstate New York into bleak, atmospheric extremity.
Ash Magick practices black metal from Istanbul since 2023. Their occult-combustion name drives compositions of ritual darkness from the transcontinental megalopolis.
Black metal project whose name derives from Tolkien's Black Speech inscription on the One Ring, operating in the shadows of the US underground with minimal information available.
Ash of Ashes is a folk metal band from Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde in the Sauerland region of Germany, formed in 2018, serving as the follow-up project to the German band Hel. Their self-described 'epic skaldic metal' spans releases including Down the White Waters and Traces, blending Norse-influenced folk elements with heavy metal in the tradition of their predecessor project.
Ash the Sky merges death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal from Newcastle upon Tyne since 2018, their sky-burning name evoking total atmospheric destruction. Their Tyneside origins feed a triple-genre assault of industrial intensity.
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