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Heavy metal band from Cologne, Germany, active since 1997. With nearly three decades of history, Creed are veterans of the Rhineland heavy metal scene.
Death-thrash metal band from the Buchholz/Nordhausen area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 2010. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal speed from the southern Harz region.
Tennessee Southern metal band rooted in the folklore and heavy musical tradition of the American South. Creek Devil channels regional mythology into slow, grinding heaviness with an unmistakable Appalachian character.
Fort Wayne, Indiana groove metal act built on mid-tempo pound and the kind of riff-first mentality that made the Midwest a reliable source of heavy music. Creep delivers blunt, knuckle-dragging heaviness.
Black metal project from Alta in Finnmark, far northern Norway, formed in 2017. Creep Colony crafts black metal from within the Arctic Circle, one of Norway's most remote metal outposts.
Eugene, Oregon stoner and doom metal band rolling through hazy, fuzz-drenched riffs at the unhurried pace the genre demands. Creep Creep Janga leans into the Pacific Northwest's psychedelic doom tradition with loose-limbed heaviness.
Cortland, New York thrash metal band delivering the kind of no-frills speed and aggression that keeps the upstate underground sharp. Creeper brings a direct, hard-hitting approach to classic thrash.
Dallas groove and thrash metal act fusing the rhythmic chug of groove with thrash's forward momentum. Creeper TX reflects the DFW area's long-running appetite for heavy music with commercial muscle and underground credibility.
Dallas death metal with a crushing old-school sound. Multiple releases on MNRK Heavy.
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