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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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San Antonio, Texas's Con Carnage charge through a cross-section of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore, channeling the Lone Star State's underground aggression into fast, frenzied attacks.
Power and progressive metal band from Hebertsfelden in Lower Bavaria, Germany, active since 2010. They blend soaring power metal melodies with progressive complexity.
Legendary doom-sludge-stoner metal band from Liverpool, England, active since 2007. Conan are renowned for their absolutely crushing, caveman-heavy approach to doom-sludge, earning them a devoted international following.
Conan was a heavy metal band from Mar del Plata, Argentina, active from 2007 until their breakup. The band released a live recording titled En Vivo and built a following within Argentina's coastal heavy metal scene before eventually disbanding.
Post-metal black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. They blend black metal with post-metal dynamics and atmospheric expansiveness.
Death-thrash band from Płock in central Poland, active since 2014. Concatenation channels aggressive extreme metal from the Vistula River city.
Pleasant Hill, California's Concealed meld groove metal's mid-tempo swagger with nu metal's heavy atmosphere and occasional thrash bite, landing in the aggressive pocket of late-90s Bay Area heaviness.
Metalcore and thrash band from Seville, Spain, active since 2013. They blend metalcore breakdowns with thrash metal speed from the Andalusian capital.
Technical death metal act from Sabugo near Lisbon, formed in 2020. Concealment delivers intricate, demanding death metal from the Greater Lisbon area.
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