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Portland, Oregon band crafting progressive deathcore with genuine technical ambition and compositional depth. Their sound balances crushing heaviness with melodic and structural complexity.
Speed metal and punk hybrid from Tyrol, Austria, formed in 2024, living by the motto 'Rock'n'Roll or Die.' Their debut 'Heroin Supremacy' blasts through six tracks of filthy, d-beat-infused speed metal with a street punk attitude.
Fort Worth heavy metal band bringing classic metal sensibility and hook-driven songwriting to the North Texas scene. Their approach is rooted in the genre's traditional values — riffs, energy, and memorable choruses.
Iconic British extreme metal band from Ipswich, one of the most commercially successful extreme metal acts in history. Cradle of Filth blend black metal, death metal, gothic horror, and symphonic grandeur into a theatrical, unmistakable sound.
Sweden's Craft, originally formed under the name Nocta in 1994, deal in a corrosive, deliberately primitive strain of black metal indebted to Burzum and Darkthrone but sharpened by a uniquely nihilistic and misanthropic edge. Across five albums — from the crushing debut Total Soul Rape (2000) through the acclaimed White Noise and Black Metal (2018) — they have maintained an uncompromising hostility to musical trend and commercial ambition, earning a devoted cult following in the underground for their unwavering commitment to black metal's most austere values.
Craft Sword is a traditional heavy metal band from Buenos Aires formed by Johan, also known from the bands Interceptor and Abomine, alongside vocalist Poli Serafini of Bulletproof — the project wears its NWOBHM and epic metal influences openly, citing Manilla Road, Omen, and Blitzkrieg as touchstones. They released their debut EP "The Furious The Savage The Wild" in February 2021, followed by the eight-track album "Hyborian Age" in September 2022, both drawing heavily on sword-and-sorcery themes.
Denver black metal act drawing heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror mythology as lyrical and atmospheric fodder. Their sound pairs bleak, melodic black metal with genuinely unsettling thematic depth.
Treviso-based symphonic extreme metal act blending melodic black metal grandeur with gothic atmospherics across releases like 'The Scarlet Procession.' Their ambitious fusion of orchestral sweep and extreme metal aggression aims for an avant-garde identity within the Italian underground.
Devastating Deathcore from Kermit/Odessa.
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