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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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Funeral doom act from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, formed in 2023. Course of Sunrise crafts glacially slow, sorrowful doom infused with black metal atmospherics from the Volyn region.
Baltimore heavy metal band Court Jester play in the traditional mold — riff-driven songs, clean vocals, and a commitment to the classic structures that defined the genre in the 1980s. Their music is unpretentious and direct, made for fans of the form's roots.
Wisconsin doom metal act Court of Beasts play slow and heavy with a gothic undertone, building long-form compositions around crushing low-tuned riffs and atmosphere. Their Neenah home in the industrial Great Lakes region feeds the bleakness of their sound.
Symphonic power metal act from Bratislava, formed in 2017. Courthouse delivers orchestral, anthem-driven power metal from the Slovak capital.
San Antonio's Courting Baphomet blend melodic death metal leads with straightforward death metal brutality, drawing on occult imagery to frame their music's dark ambitions. They're one of the more active bands in San Antonio's underground metal scene.
Black metal band from Bradford, England, active since 2012. They deliver cold, intense black metal from West Yorkshire.
Melodic death metal act from İzmir, active since 2013. Courtyard has spent over a decade delivering polished melodeath from the Aegean coast.
Cova was a death/thrash metal band from São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil, active in the mid-2000s underground scene before splitting up. The band played aggressive extreme metal with themes centered on death, terror, and Satanism, in the tradition of the Brazilian extreme metal underground. They released demo material independently before disbanding.
Cova Rasa is a heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, founded by guitarist Jayme Danko and keyboardist Collins Freitas. The band plays traditional heavy metal with horror-themed lyrics drawing on urban legends, serial killers, and supernatural narratives, and has released albums including "Deadline" (2018), "Cruzando Infernos" (2020), and "Another Time" (2025). They have served as opening act for international touring acts including Rhapsody of Fire and HammerFall in Brazil.
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