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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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Heavy metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, active since 2012. They forge energetic, riff-driven heavy metal from the heart of Franconia.
Heavy metal band from Saratov on the Volga, active since 2014. Crash Test delivers straightforward traditional metal from the central Russian city.
Doom-thrash metal band from Forssa, Finland, active since 2013. They blend the crushing weight of doom with thrash metal speed.
Thrash metal act from Sesto Calende in the Varese province, bringing headbanging fury from the Lombardy region since 2019. Their high-velocity riffing carries the torch for classic thrash in northern Italy's vibrant metal community.
Crashkill is a thrash metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2016. The band released the EP "Hate Zone" in 2017 and followed it with their debut full-length "Consumed by Biomechanics" in 2020, delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash metal in the tradition of the Brazilian extreme metal scene.
Raw black metal band from Issoudun in central France, formed in 2015. They deliver lo-fi, filthy black metal from the Berry heartland.
Davenport, Iowa technical death metal act delivering the precision riffing and dense song construction the genre demands. Their material reflects the Midwest's quietly strong underground death metal tradition.
Richmond, Virginia band marrying black metal atmosphere to sludge metal's slow, crushing weight. Their sound carries the city's long tradition of heavy, experimental underground music.
Green Bay, Wisconsin outfit working in the djent-adjacent groove metal space, built on polyrhythmic riffing and rhythmic precision. Their material favors low-end density and locked-in, mechanical heaviness.
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