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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Asheville, North Carolina's Covenator pair stoner metal's haze and warmth with doom metal's deliberate heaviness, crafting the kind of slow-burning music that fits the wooded mountains surrounding their city. Their riffs move like smoke — thick, slow, and hard to shake.
Long Beach stoner/doom act Covenaut traffic in fuzz-heavy riffs and slow grooves with a Southern California looseness. Their music is heavy but never punishing, built for listeners who want weight without sacrificing warmth.
Folk-infused black metal band from France, active since 2011. They weave folk elements and atmospheric layers through a black metal foundation.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Istres in Provence, France, formed in 2021. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Bouches-du-Rhone.
Power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Finnish capital.
Progressive metal band from Annecy in the French Alps, formed in 2019. They craft intricate compositions from the shores of Lake Annecy.
Boise atmospheric black metal project Cover of Night crafts windswept, expansive compositions that use the cold open spaces of the Idaho landscape as a sonic backdrop. Their music moves between shimmering ambience and raw, tremolo-picked intensity.
Death metal band from Colmar in Alsace, France, formed in 2018. They deliver death metal from the picturesque Alsatian wine region.
Death metal and deathcore act from Pinsk, Belarus, formed in 2012. They deliver a punishing blend of brutal death metal aggression with deathcore breakdowns drawn from the Eastern European extreme underground.
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