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People Watching (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Among the Shadows (2024)
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Florida mathcore and deathgrind trio blending the arhythmic dissonance of Discordance Axis with brutal deathgrind energy and free jazz-influenced off-kilter structures.
Miami duo of Venezuelan origin playing epic, shifting doom and progressive metal that moves between trudging heaviness and soaring melodic passages, with deep operatic vocals and classical guitar grandeur reminiscent of Rainbow and early Rush.
Philadelphia's Cave Weta build massive post-metal structures from sludge-soaked riffs, channeling the patient heaviness of Neurosis and Isis into slow-burning, emotionally corrosive soundscapes.
Eau Claire's Caveat fuse crust punk's raw, d-beat urgency with sludge metal's tar-thick low end, resulting in a grinding, oppressive sound that moves between crusty blasts and suffocating slow-downs.
Fort Wayne's CaveGhoul traffic in raw, dungeon-dwelling black metal that leans into lo-fi production and grim, claustrophobic atmosphere, more interested in conjuring dread than technical precision.
Caveira is a stoner metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2003. The band features a five-piece lineup and delivers a dark, heavy sound rooted in the stoner and doom traditions. They released the EP “Spine” in 2021, which was picked up by the Stoned Meadow of Doom YouTube channel and gained attention in the international underground stoner scene.
Cleveland's Caveman deliver unadorned death metal rooted in the early-90s American tradition — chunky riffs, blunt-force drumming, and guttural vocals that prioritize brute impact over complexity.
Miami's Caveman Cult play savage, bestial black/death metal combining South American war metal ferocity with Florida death metal density — relentless blastbeats, chainsaw-thick tremolo riffs, and zero regard for melody.
Black metal project from Sintra, the historic town near Lisbon, active since 2016. Cavemaster channels subterranean darkness from the misty hills of Sintra.
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