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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Lacey, Washington's Countless the Dead play melodic death metal with an emphasis on layered guitar harmonies and driving rhythms. They pull from the Gothenburg playbook while injecting Pacific Northwest grit into the formula.
Reno band Countress occupy an unusual space between metalcore and stoner metal, mixing heavy downtuned groove with the hooky structures of melodic metalcore. The combination gives their sound a hazy, desert-road quality.
Austin's County Hell splice black metal fury with crust punk nihilism and death metal weight, playing music that sounds like it was made outdoors and after dark. They're part of Austin's active extreme underground and bring a raw, combative energy to every release.
Death metal unit from the southern Italian city of Foggia in Apulia, delivering old-school brutality with a regional underground sensibility. Their guttural assault carries the weight of classic death metal tradition.
Stoner metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner grooves from the Catalan capital.
Thrash metal band from Cournon in the Auvergne, France, active since 2011. They deliver aggressive thrash from the volcanic heartland of central France.
Doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020. They craft slow, heavy compositions exploring themes of chaos and dissolution.
Endicott, New York brutal death metal outfit Course of Extinction deal in relentless blast-beat-driven carnage with no interest in melody or restraint. Their music exists to overwhelm, built for devotees of the most uncompromising end of the death metal spectrum.
Progressive metal act from Fredrikstad, southeastern Norway, formed in 2020. Course of Fate crafts intricate, expansive progressive metal from the Østfold region.
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