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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Wrocław-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2013, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Groove metal outfit from Tarnowskie Góry, formed in 2017. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Grindcore act from Culemborg, formed in 2001. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
Slamming brutal death metal unit from Ried im Innkreis, Austria, formed in 2019. Their short, punishing tracks like "Consumed at Birth" trade in guttural vocals and crushing breakdowns typical of the slam underground.
Hulekvill-based black metal and ambient project active since 2011, dissolving the boundaries between extreme metal and dark electronic soundscaping. Their work oscillates between passages of black metal fury and extended ambient meditations.
Manchester heavy metal band formed in 2012, blending progressive, thrash, groove, and melodic metal influences. Their releases Dark Horizons and the 2017 EP Heresy in Black deliver ambitious, multi-faceted compositions with professional production.
Finnish melodic death/groove metal band from Kouvola, formed in 2020. They craft fallen melodic death metal with groove elements from the forests of southeastern Finland.
Charlotte death metal band Babylonian War Chant has been one of the more enduring names in the North Carolina underground since forming around 2009, their ancient-world-themed moniker signaling a sound built on crushing, martial death metal.
BABYMETAL shattered expectations when they fused J-pop idol culture with thrash and death metal in Tokyo in 2010, creating a genre they dubbed 'kawaii metal.' The trio of Su-metal, Moametal, and Momometal deliver saccharine vocal melodies over crushing riffs provided by the backing 'Kami Band,' producing albums like 'Metal Resistance' that sell out arenas worldwide. Their audacious concept proved that metal's boundaries are far more elastic than purists ever imagined.
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