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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Groove-thrash band from Tarvisio near the Austrian and Slovenian borders, active since 1997. Contrasto — Italian for 'contrast' — is one of Friuli's longest-running metal acts with nearly three decades of output.
Death-thrash act from Wrocław, formed in 2020. Contregator delivers aggressive extreme metal from the capital of Lower Silesia.
Metalcore band from Schleiz in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting from the forested hills of eastern Thuringia.
Pittsburgh's Contrived occupy the rough intersection of death metal brutality and hardcore punk aggression, channeling the industrial city's working-class grit into pummeling, no-frills metal. Their sound favors groove and impact over technical showmanship.
Control Denied was the progressive power metal project of Death mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, conceived as a vehicle for clean-sung, melodically sophisticated metal that diverged sharply from his death metal work. Their sole album, 'The Fragile Art of Existence' (1999), stands as a landmark of intricate, emotionally complex heavy music.
Industrial black metal act from Enschede in Overijssel, active since 2003. Control Human Delete merges cold electronic elements with black metal ferocity over two decades of output.
Atlanta's Control the Devastator navigate the brutal overlap of black metal atmosphere and technical death metal complexity, constructing dense, dissonant compositions that feel deliberately hostile. Their Georgia roots are audible in the swampy, oppressive heaviness underpinning their extreme approach.
Power metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2015. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the West Country.
Black-thrash metal band from Toulon, France, formed in 2023. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal velocity from the Var coast.
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