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AntiFragile (2025)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Forged in 2016 from Amersfoort, 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.
A prolific black metal entity out of Milwaukee, Baazlvaat has released a string of albums including Ridiculed by the Common Soldiery, An Old Forgotten Text, The Higher Power, and Guitar Exotic, demonstrating an unusual creative restlessness within the raw black metal framework.
Blackened speed metal outfit from the Tyrol region of Austria, active since 2015. They fuse the raw velocity of speed metal with black metal's cold, venomous edge.
Danish sludge metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2015. They deliver toxic, crushing sludge metal from the Danish capital.
Baba de Sheeva is a thrash/crossover band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, bringing the fast and irreverent spirit of the genre to the Central-West metal scene. Formed with themes revolving around life, religion, drinking, and weed, the band released the CD-R É Triste O Destino Da Maioria Dos Homens in 2011 and has remained an active presence in the Goiânia underground. Their sound blends the aggression of old-school thrash with the punk energy of crossover.
Austrian heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2012, named after the witch of Slavic folklore. They deliver classic heavy metal riffs with a hard rock swagger.
Named for the fearsome Slavic witch of folklore, Pomona's Babayaga applies that mythic dread to their fusion of doom and sludge metal, active since 2022 on the fringes of Southern California's underground heavy scene.
St. Louis death metal band Babdeh has been active since 2020, representing the Midwest's understated but persistent underground death metal scene with a name drawn from Akkadian mythology.
Death metal outfit from Mantua, formed in 2024. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
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