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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Black metal project from Ferrandina in Matera province, Basilicata, formed in 2014. Coil Commemorate Enslave channels atmospheric black metal from one of southern Italy's most remote regions.
Punishing Industrial / Groove Metal out of Texas.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They combine the classic power of heavy metal with the sharp, aggressive edge of thrash.
Melodic death metal act from Turin, formed in 2018. Coiled Around Thy Spine delivers intricate, melody-driven death metal from the Piedmontese capital.
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Boone, North Carolina's Coils of the Serpent weave melodic black metal grandeur into a death metal foundation, producing atmospheric and serpentine compositions that balance aggression with dark, sweeping melody.
Coiotes S.A. is a stoner metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2023. They released their debut album "Daqui Pra Frente Eh Nois" in April 2023, a ten-track record with lyrics in Portuguese blending heavy stoner riffs with hardcore energy and influences from Black Sabbath, Clutch, and Sleep. Singles "Cola Com Nois" and "Melhor Parte" drew attention from the heavy music press ahead of the album's release.
Stoner metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, rumbling since 2007. Cojones delivers heavy, fuzz-laden grooves with a laid-back swagger that belies the band's nearly two decades of output.
Chicago's Cokegoat stretch sludge metal across progressive song architectures, blending crushing heaviness with dynamic shifts and a willingness to let songs breathe and evolve over extended running times.
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