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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Poltava-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2021, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Kyiv-based melodic death metal act active since 2023, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Bulb is the solo project of Misha Mansoor, a Washington DC-born guitarist best known as a co-founder of progressive metal band Periphery. Mansoor began posting instrumental demos under the Bulb alias on SoundClick in 2004, amassing a significant online following and becoming one of the earliest figures associated with the djent movement. His debut proper full-length, Moderately Fast, Adequately Furious, arrived in 2021, formalizing a catalog of over 125 compositions that had circulated online for years.
Occupying the shadowed intersection of black metal and doom from Haarlem, active since 2025 crafts compositions that alternate between frozen blast sections and monolithic, slow-motion heaviness.
Groove metal outfit from Oslo, formed in 2011. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
London-based technical death metal act active since 2019, weaving labyrinthine guitar work and shifting time signatures into their extreme metal framework. Their compositions demand both virtuosity and visceral impact, balancing cerebral complexity with gut-level heaviness.
Stoner/doom metal band from Strasbourg, founded in 2011, who have shared stages with Crowbar, Solstafir, and Planet of Zeus. Their discography spanning the 2012 Demo through Red Dirt & Zero Gravity on Sleazy Barn Records delivers heavy, groove-laden stoner doom.
Bristol-based death/thrash metal act active since 2011, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen-based death metal act active since 2017, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
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