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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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New Jersey symphonic metal project layering orchestral grandeur over heavy riffs, bringing dramatic, cinematic metal to the Garden State's diverse heavy music landscape.
Payson, Utah doom metal project whose 2020 debut Psalms of the Grave Serpent channels serpentine mysticism through crushing heaviness. Ecclesiastical doom from the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains.
Rijeka's Asheraah craft immersive post-metal soundscapes from Croatia's principal port city, building compositions that ebb and flow between delicate atmospherics and crushing heaviness. Since 2013, they've been channelling the Adriatic's moody character into expansive sonic narratives.
Los Angeles black/melodic death metal hybrid exploring ancient Near Eastern mythology through extreme metal, reflecting L.A.'s multicultural influence on its underground music.
Alliance, Ohio black metal act emerging from small-town Northeast Ohio, proving that the state's extreme metal tradition extends far beyond its major cities.
Ashes and Bereavement has evolved from ambient and new age into atmospheric doom metal from Moscow since 2019. Their grief-laden name guides an artistic transformation that has moved from peaceful soundscapes into crushing heaviness.
Black metal project that migrated from Athens, Georgia to Denver. Three releases since 2018 including Celestial Revelations and The Pantheist explore spiritual themes through atmospheric extremity, the cross-country move adding a sense of wandering to their cosmic vision.
Suffolk County groove metal band representing Long Island's heavy music community, delivering thick riffs and heavy grooves from New York's suburban sprawl.
Tucson death metal act channeling the Sonoran Desert's punishing environment into extreme sonic aggression, contributing to Arizona's growing metal presence.
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