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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Black metal project operating with minimal public information, delivering raw extremity from the shadows of the American underground.
Audiorrea has been grinding out death metal and grindcore from the Catalan city of Reus since 2010. Their name, a play on "diarrhea," signals a band that values sonic excess and visceral impact above all else.
Newport News, Virginia progressive metal project with four releases since 2012. Neo-Terran Front and Secret Language span a decade of ambitious, sci-fi-influenced prog from the Hampton Roads shipbuilding region.
Audiotopsy is an alternative metal and nu-metal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 2015 by members drawn primarily from Mudvayne and Skrape: vocalist Billy Keeton (Skrape), guitarist Greg Tribbett and drummer Matthew McDonough (both Mudvayne), and bassist Perry Stern. Signed to Napalm Records, their self-produced debut Natural Causes arrived in 2015, followed by The Real Now in 2018 and The Calling. Their sound revisits the heavy groove and aggressive dynamics of early-2000s alternative metal.
Audiovision delivers heavy and melodic power metal from Kungsör in Södermanland since 2016. Their sensory-fusion name drives a decade of compositions that unite sonic and visual imagination from this small Mälaren Valley town.
California death metal project with two releases since 2023. Crime Rituals and Tragedies Of Western Existence channel societal critique through brutal extremity from the Golden State.
Boston power metal project. The name connects sound and vision — fitting for a genre built on epic mental landscapes rendered in triumphant metal.
Audrey Fall has explored post-metal and rock from Jelgava in central Latvia since 2014. From this Zemgale region city on the Lielupe River, they craft expansive, dynamically shifting compositions that blend post-rock atmospherics with metallic weight.
Seattle NWOTHM and stoner metal outfit named after the Twin Peaks character. Three releases since 2014 including Devil's Bell and Pure Heavy deliver thick, groove-laden metal from the city David Lynch made synonymous with Pacific Northwest darkness.
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