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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina death metal act from the Research Triangle, bringing extreme metal to a college town better known for indie rock and academic pursuits.
Las Vegas thrash band whose Latin name means 'destroy the earth,' delivering appropriately apocalyptic speed metal from Sin City's underground.
Unionville, Tennessee black metal project. Minimal output from a tiny Middle Tennessee community — rural Southern black metal in its most isolated form.
Attestupa practices black metal from Moscow since 2022. Named after the Scandinavian cliff from which the elderly were said to have thrown themselves, they bring Norse mortality rituals to their Russian capital black metal.
Grants Pass, Oregon death metal act whose 2017 debut Sanctimonious targets religious hypocrisy through punishing extremity from southern Oregon's Rogue Valley.
Grays Harbor, Washington crossover thrash act with two albums from the late 2000s. Dead Skin/Dried Blood and Napalm & Nitrogen deliver aggressive punk-metal from one of the Pacific Northwest's most remote and economically depressed coastal communities — music born from real hardship.
Glasgow's Attica Rage built a formidable reputation across four critically acclaimed albums and extensive touring with the likes of Judas Priest, Slash, and Anthrax. Founded by brothers Richie Rage and Jonny Parr, they evolved from their thrash roots into a powerhouse of modern British heavy metal before disbanding in 2018.
Attick Demons has delivered heavy and power metal from Almada across the Tagus from Lisbon since 2011. Their attic-dwelling demonic imagery drives over a decade of energetic, classic-styled metal from the southern bank of the estuary.
Kirkland, Washington NWOTHM project whose 2021 debut Metal Lands delivers traditional heavy metal from Seattle's affluent Eastside suburbs. The Greek-derived name adds classical weight to their contemporary approach.
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