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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Rochester, New York's Clyde play a heavy, riff-centered stoner rock and metal blend rooted in the upstate New York underground. Their straightforward approach relies on massive tones and slow groove.
Black-death metal band from Paimio, Finland, formed in 2018. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the Finnish southwest.
Progressive metal act from Rimini, active since 2011. CMKY delivers complex, technically-driven progressive metal from the Adriatic coast of Emilia-Romagna.
Black metal project from Tyumen in western Siberia, formed in 2021. CMLXXXVIII — the Roman numeral for 988 — channels historical themes through raw black metal.
Black metal project from Pančevo near Belgrade, formed in 2021. Cmpt channels raw black metal from the industrial outskirts of the Serbian capital.
Heavy metal band from Bratislava, formed in 2025. Cmÿter brings fresh traditional metal energy to the Slovak capital.
A highly obscure black metal and experimental project from Michigan, Cnilaoxex operate at the fringes of the underground with a sound that prioritizes noise and abstraction over convention. Details about the project remain sparse, which seems entirely intentional.
Black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2014. They craft cold, intense black metal from the cultural heart of Saxony.
Grind-groove-thrash band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2012. They blend grinding chaos with groove and thrash from Scotland's largest city.
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