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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
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Heavy and speed metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver high-energy metal built on fast riffs and classic heavy metal power from the Catalan capital.
Death metal band from Polva, Estonia, active since 2011. They deliver crushing death metal from the rural southeast of the Baltic nation.
Death-thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2015. They merge death metal aggression with thrash speed from the Finnish capital.
Melodic death metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2010. They fuse melodic guitar harmonies and structured songwriting with the intensity and power of death metal.
Milwaukee thrash outfit Conniption deal in hard-hitting, riff-driven aggression rooted in the Midwest underground, building a following through relentless local gigging and punishing live sets.
Brutal death metal and deathcore act from Zurich, Switzerland, emerging in 2024. They deliver a fresh wave of slamming brutality and guttural extremity from the Swiss underground.
Folk and power metal band from Rotterdam, active since 2008. Conorach weaves Celtic folk melodies into epic power metal from the Netherlands' largest port city.
Newark, Delaware's Conqbine blend raw black metal fury with crust punk abrasion and post-black expansiveness, carving out a bleak and noisy niche in the mid-Atlantic underground.
Conquer Divide formed in 2012 as an all-female metalcore band whose members initially connected online from various locations across the US before coalescing as a touring act. Their dual vocalist approach, pairing aggressive screams with soaring clean singing, drives the catchy yet heavy songs on their self-titled debut and follow-up 'Slow Burn.' The band challenges the male-dominated metalcore scene not through gimmickry but through consistently strong songwriting and technical proficiency.
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