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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Syracuse groove metal band delivering raw, unapologetic aggression with mid-paced crushing riffs, building a following through relentless touring alongside acts like Hatebreed and Drowning Pool.
Death metal band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 2024. They deliver crushing death metal from the Fife coast.
Minneapolis atmospheric black metal band weaving cold, expansive soundscapes from the city's frigid environment, blending raw black metal intensity with immersive, textured ambience.
Half Moon Bay, California thrash metal band rooted in the Bay Area thrash tradition, delivering speed and precision in the style of classic 1980s West Coast thrash.
Death-doom act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2023. Caustic Vomit delivers corrosive, slow-burning extremity.
Heavy and stoner metal band from the Antrim/Armagh area of Northern Ireland, formed in 2015. They blend classic heavy metal with stoner grooves.
New England two-piece black metal act paying homage to frozen, raw second-wave black metal of the 1990s, with a stripped-down atmospheric approach rooted in Nordic tradition.
Cauterization is a blackened death metal trio from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil, consisting of Maysa Rodrigues on vocals and guitar, Wesley Moia on bass, and Mauro Trojillo Jr. on drums. The band released their debut EP Males Infestus in 2011, recorded at Oasis Studio in their home city; the release was later reissued on cassette by the Polish label Till You Fukkin Bleed (2012) and on CD by Morbid Syndicate (2013). A subsequent release, Id Katharsis, appeared in 2017 through the Brazilian label Cianeto.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from the Bavarian capital.
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