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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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A black metal and punk hybrid active since 1999, this Barren Harvest — not to be confused with the dark folk project of the same name from Oregon — represents an early American fusion of raw black metal aesthetics with punk's stripped-down aggression.
Chicago's Barren Heir have been cultivating a sound in the sludge and doom metal tradition since 2015, contributing to the city's robust underground heavy music community with a brooding, riff-driven approach.
A Dallas sludge/thrash metal act, Barren Mind bring a crushed, heavy sound to Texas's fertile extreme metal landscape by combining the caustic weight of sludge with thrash aggression.
Boston's Barren Oak pursue an experimental approach to black and death metal, operating since 2021 as part of the city's diverse underground scene with a sound that resists easy genre categorization.
Pittsburgh's Barren Plains are an instrumental post-metal project that emerged in 2025, joining a city with deep roots in heavy music by crafting atmospheric, wordless compositions in the post-metal tradition.
Forged in 2020 from Kraków, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Denton, Texas heavy metal and punk outfit Barricade formed in 2021, blending the raw energy of punk with traditional metal riffing.
Post-black metal act from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2010. They expand black metal's boundaries with post-metal dynamics and atmospheric layering.
New Jersey/New York stoner/doom metal band Barrow Downs — named after the haunted burial mounds of Tolkien's Middle-earth — have been grinding out heavy, haze-drenched riffs since 2020.
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