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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Interior Wilderness (Drumcorps Remix) (2023)
06/19 @ Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, Nashville
Featured Groove Metal Album
The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Black and progressive metal band from Norden in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2020. Named after an East Frisian chieftain dynasty, Circsena blend progressive complexity with black metal darkness.
Melodic death-symphonic metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2020. They merge melodic death metal aggression with symphonic orchestration and cinematic grandeur.
Uppsala black/death metal project formed in 2023, channeling extreme darkness from Sweden's ancient university city. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive traditions of both genres.
Rochester progressive/thrash outfit Circular Ruins constructs labyrinthine compositions that balance intricate technicality with driving groove. Named after the Borges story, they favor cerebral complexity over brute force.
Blackened death-thrash act from Šurany in the Nitra region, formed in 2022. Circular Saw delivers cutting extreme metal from western Slovakia.
Circulo Negro is an independent black metal band from Itaituba, Pará, Brazil, formed around 2013–2014. The band explores themes of witchcraft and satanism and released the demo "Supremacia Herege" in 2015, distributed through Brazilian underground distros such as Jazigo Distro.
Black-death-thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2024. They blend three extreme metal genres into a fierce, genre-crossing assault.
Simi Valley death/thrash band Circumsodomy deliver blunt-force riffs and caustic vocals in the tradition of early Bay Area savagery. Their no-frills approach keeps the brutality honest and unrelenting.
Oklahoma City groove metal act Circumstance build heavy, mid-tempo bulldozers anchored by thick riffs and a hard-hitting rhythm section. Their sound lives in the pocket where groove metal meets modern aggression.
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