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Attack Fire is a thrash metal band from Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, founded in 2010 and signed to Tanatofobia Productions. The band built a prolific catalog through the 2010s and into the 2020s, releasing splits and EPs including "Satanic Riffs" (2013) and "Habemus Tenebris Papam" (2014), and appearing on the 2013 Ultrametal Productions compilation "30 Years Of War, Fight, Sweat & Blood." Vocalist and bassist Kristhian Spinal has been a constant presence since the band's founding.
Rock Island, Illinois death metal band from the Quad Cities, bringing grinding extremity to the Mississippi River corridor with a name that refuses to take itself seriously.
Attack of Rage delivers death metal and grindcore from Bánovce nad Bebravou since 2007. Nearly two decades from this Trenčín district town, they have sustained an unrelenting assault of extreme aggression.
Los Angeles NWOTHM project. The cinematic, action-movie name promises heavy metal with blockbuster energy from the entertainment capital.
Weehawken, New Jersey power metal veterans with two recent releases. The God Particle and The Unknown deliver melodic, triumphant metal from the Hudson River town with the best view of the Manhattan skyline.
Monterey, California power metal project with five releases since 2018, including splits with international acts Ascidie and Persona Non Data. The collaborative approach and feminist-themed Herstory Untold position them at the intersection of power metal and radical politics.
Los Angeles power metal band delivering epic, anthemic heaviness from the City of Angels, channeling European-influenced grandeur through SoCal's metal-saturated scene.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin doom band named after the Alabama city, delivering Southern-fried doom heaviness from the shores of Lake Winnebago with thick, bluesy riffs.
AttaXic is a four-piece groove and stoner metal band formed in 2015 in Dobrich, Bulgaria, later relocating to Sofia. Their album "Blackout Second" showcases their approach of combining fast-paced rhythms with crushing slow passages, described by the band as "giving chaos a shape."
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