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Heavy metal band from Wetzlar, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver classic heavy metal with powerful riffs and anthemic energy from the Lahn Valley of Hesse.
Cincinnati's Clouded merge grindcore's speed with sludge metal's suffocating weight, drawing from a web of overlapping Ohio underground projects. Their early releases, including a 2016 split with Ethicist, showcase a band comfortable in filth.
Cloudkicker is the solo project of Columbus, Ohio-based guitarist Ben Sharp, a commercial airline pilot who has released instrumental post-metal and djent music under that alias since 2007. Sharp composes, records, and engineers everything himself, and has distributed all releases as pay-what-you-want downloads under Creative Commons licensing, amassing an unusually large following for a DIY studio project. His breakthrough album Beacons arrived in 2010, and a short touring run in 2014 with Intronaut as a backing band marked his only live performances.
Swedish black metal project launched in 2024, channeling atmospheric darkness through raw, uncompromising sonic visions. Their approach draws from the primal foundations of the genre's underground traditions.
Doom metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2016. They craft slow, crushing doom steeped in dark dementia from the Loire-Atlantique.
Melodic death metal band from Offenbach, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
New York's Clouds Taste Satanic are a fully instrumental post-doom unit that blends stoner rock, psychedelia, and Bongripper-style heaviness into extended, hypnotic compositions. Active since 2013 and releasing prolifically, including a 2026 live-in-studio album through Kinda Like Music, they've become one of Brooklyn's most distinctive doom exports.
Helsingborg progressive/power metal act active since 2013, crafting ambitious compositions that blend technical precision with melodic grandeur. Their sound bridges the accessibility of power metal with progressive rock's structural complexity.
Oakland's Cloudstone operate at the intersection of black metal and doom, crafting a sound rooted in the Bay Area's rich tradition of heavy underground music. Their music leans into atmosphere and darkness without sacrificing weight.
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