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Black metal project from Mysłowice in Upper Silesia, active since 2008. Confession has spent nearly two decades crafting black metal from the Silesian industrial region.
Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Hanseatic port city.
Black metal act from Kraków, formed in 2020. Confessional channels dark, atmospheric black metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Raleigh doom metal band with a cult following built on their unconventional rhythmic approach and vocalist Sel Balamir's striking high-register delivery. Their 1992 debut *Condemned* remains one of the most distinctive American doom records of its era.
Confessori is a progressive and power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum and active in the city's long-established metal scene. The band plays in the melodic progressive metal tradition that São Paulo has been known for through acts like Angra and Shaman.
Crossover thrash-grind act from Szczecin, active since 2013. Confident fuses punk energy with grinding intensity from northwestern Poland.
Fort Lauderdale groove metal band bringing heavy, mid-tempo punishment to the South Florida metal scene. Thick, churning riffs and a menacing low end define their approach.
Pomona, California brutal death metal act merging hardcore aggression with suffocating death metal brutality. Their punishing sound reflects the intensity of the Southern California underground.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts groove/thrash act combining the groove metal heaviness of the early 1990s with hardcore attitude and thrash metal momentum. A heavy-hitting presence in the Western Mass underground.
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