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Actin' Up (2023)
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Green Man Rising (Demo) (2017)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Oklahoma atmospheric black metal band that conjures bleak, expansive soundscapes from the Great Plains. Their music is remote and meditative, drifting between fury and desolate ambience.
Cosmic Sepulcher is a death/doom metal solo project from Euclides da Cunha, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2024 by multi-instrumentalist Athayde Neto, who handles all instruments, vocals, recording, and production. The project draws on cosmic horror and the Cthulhu Mythos for lyrical inspiration, crafting dense, funereal compositions that explore dark fantasy and existential dread. Neto is also active in the bands Wiseblood, Töhil, and Adumbrall.
Doom metal band from Le Havre, France, formed in 2023. They craft slow, crushing doom from the Norman port city.
Doom and sludge metal band from Kryvia, Belarus, formed in 2020 as part of the Fort of Eerie Doom collective. They play what they call apocalyptic space eerie doom, blending crushing low-end weight with psychedelic and cosmic textures.
Cosmic Terror is a death metal band from Oaxaca, Mexico, active since 2022. The band has released a run of singles exploring cosmic horror themes, including El origen del caos, Release the Terror, and Infinity in 2023, followed by Cthulhu in 2024, the latter mixed and mastered by Black Heart Records. They remain an independent, unsigned act.
Goleta, CA doom metal band that channels the rolling weight of the Pacific into slow, crushing compositions. Their riffs move like deep water — powerful, patient, and inescapable.
Genre-spanning extreme metal project from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2021. Cosmic Vision weave atmospheric black metal, death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive elements into an ambitious, multifaceted sound.
Pasadena, CA doom and stoner metal band that has fully embraced the fuzz-drenched, heavy psych sound cultivated across Southern California. Their music sounds like standing in a warm, swirling darkness.
Progressive death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity.
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