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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Atlanta instrumental sludge/post-metal duo formed in 2023, contributing to the growing Southern underground with crushing, wordless heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Gothenburg, active since 2013. Cans delivers straightforward traditional metal from Sweden's metal capital.
Melodic death metal act from Kyiv, active since 2014. Cantabile Wind delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Doom and black metal band from Geel, Belgium, formed in 2014. They merge the crushing weight and glacial pace of doom metal with the cold ferocity of black metal into a bleak, oppressive sound.
Death metal band from the Pieria region of northern Greece, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing death metal from the foothills of Mount Olympus.
Cantera is a death metal band from Posadas, Misiones, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's northeastern Mesopotamia region. The band has appeared on the regional compilation Posadas bajo tierra alongside fellow Misiones acts Sadistica, Najash, and Lobregal, documenting the underground metal scene of the city.
Saint Paul, Minnesota progressive sludge and groove metal band active since 2010, weaving horror and Norse/Viking imagery into their heavy, layered sound.
Black metal project from Salgareda in the Treviso province, formed in 2019. Canticum Diaboli — Latin for 'Song of the Devil' — deals in diabolical black metal from the Veneto flatlands.
Thrash metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Cantilena are among the longest-running thrash acts in the Baltic states.
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