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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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A one-man blackened heavy metal project from Sidney, Ohio, Bartzabel has been active since 2020, exploring occult and fantastical themes alongside personal reflections on love and free thought.
Luleå-based death metal act active since 2016, 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.
Raw black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2017. They channel the lo-fi, uncompromising spirit of raw black metal.
French progressive death metal band from Grenoble, formed in 2015. They deliver intricate progressive death metal from the Alpine city of southeastern France.
Spanish band from Leioa in the Basque Country, formed in 2020, whose sound evolved from heavy/thrash metal toward alternative rock and nu-metal. Their stylistic shift reflects the genre diversity of the Basque music scene.
Stoner metal act from Viseu, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Marghera (Venice)-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2017, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
German atmospheric black metal band from Bremen, active since 2003. With over two decades of output, they are one of Bremen's longest-running atmospheric black metal projects.
Spanish heavy metal band from Tolosa in the Basque Country, formed in 2020. They play traditional heavy metal from the heart of Basque Country.
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