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Criminal Mosh is a thrash/crossover metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in the late 2000s. The independent act plays politically charged thrash and crossover, carrying on the aggressive street-level style that has long been part of São Paulo's underground metal scene.
Humble, Texas's Criminally Insane bring death/thrash aggression from the Houston suburbs with a sound built on blunt force riffing and furious tempo shifts. They are a product of the deep Texas underground that values intensity above all.
Erie, Pennsylvania's Criminally Insane deliver straight-ahead thrash metal in the blue-collar tradition of the rust-belt underground. Their music keeps it fast, simple, and aggressive without pretension.
Smithfield, North Carolina's Criminally Insane grind out groove metal with a Southern heaviness and a head-down, no-frills attitude. Their music leans into rhythm and stomp over technicality.
Syracuse, New York's Criminally Insane combine the gore and brutality of death metal with grindcore's explosive intensity in the tradition of upstate New York's extreme underground. Their music is fast, ugly, and uncompromising.
Gothic power-heavy metal band from Kuopio, Finland, active since 2006. They blend gothic atmospheres with power metal hooks and heavy metal drive from the eastern Finnish lakeland.
Portland, Oregon's Crimson Altar deal in traditional doom metal with a slow, crushing devotion to the genre's foundational heaviness. Their music evokes the Pacific Northwest's gray skies and introspective weight.
Melodic death metal act from Almada, across the Tagus from Lisbon, formed in 2019. Crimson Bridge merges melodic hooks with death metal aggression.
Death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022. They channel crushing death metal from the Danish capital.
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