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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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Gulfport, Mississippi black/death/grind band channeling apocalyptic extremity from the Gulf Coast underground. Their sound fuses the chaos of grindcore with black and death metal's darker currents.
Indianapolis sludge metal band building walls of crushing, feedback-drenched sound in the Midwestern underground. Their slow, punishing riffs and bleak atmosphere carry the weight of the genre's heaviest practitioners.
Bremerton, Washington band blending classic heavy metal power with black and thrash metal intensity from the Pacific Northwest. Their sound bridges the old-school and extreme metal worlds with energy to spare.
San Diego death metal band delivering raw, old-school brutality rooted in classic American death metal aesthetics. Their sound favors putrid, murky production and punishing riffs that recall the genre's earliest incarnations.
Swiss black metal project formed in 2021. They craft dark, ritualistic black metal steeped in occult atmosphere and raw aggression.
Power and heavy metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2014. They deliver melodic, anthemic metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Black-death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2021. They channel dark, ritualistic extremity through blackened death metal.
Los Angeles black metal act conjuring darkness from the sprawling Southern California underground. Their sound channels the cold, atmospheric tradition of black metal against the backdrop of the city's extreme metal scene.
One-man black and war metal project from Liege, Belgium, founded in 1997 by Warlock Ov The Split Hooves, who later created Vociferian. Their album 'Erosplattered,' recorded in the late 1990s, delivers self-described 'Speed Holocaust Metal' across nine tracks of relentless blasphemy.
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