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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Relentless Experimental Death / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Salt Lake City epic/atmospheric black metal duo whose conceptual framework is drawn from Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen novels, having released the highly regarded Echoes of Battle in 2013.
Folk and gothic metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, formed in 2017. Their sound weaves melodic folk elements and gothic atmospheres into a rich, darkly romantic brand of metal.
Gothic doom act from Warsaw, formed in 2023. Caladria blends dark romanticism with crushing doom from the Polish capital.
Melodic death metal band from the San Diego area, active since 2012 and part of the South Bay scene that has long cultivated both heavy and melodic extremes.
Los Angeles progressive/technical death metal outfit active since the mid-2010s, weaving complex rhythmic structures and melodic density into a forward-thinking extreme metal framework.
Black/death metal act from the Albany, New York area, blending corrosive blackened riffing with death metal brutality since 2015.
Melodic death metal band from Funchal, the capital of Madeira island in the Atlantic, active since 2012. Calamity Islet delivers island-forged extreme metal from Portugal's most remote outpost.
Pirate folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, self-described as five pirates whose music inspires moshing, headbanging, and celebration. Their releases Surrender Or Die and Cruel and Cold merge folk and death metal with a raucous pirate theme.
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