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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Doom metal band from London, formed in 2022. They craft slow, crushing doom from the English capital.
Progressive death-thrash act from Yaroslavl on the Volga, formed in 2020. Crrombid Traxorm delivers technically-ambitious extreme metal from the Golden Ring city.
Columbus thrash act CRS play straight-ahead, riff-forward metal in the classic Bay Area and Midwest tradition, prioritizing speed, tightness, and neck-snapping rhythm guitar work. Ohio's fertile thrash scene has sharpened their no-frills approach.
Crua-chan is a stoner/doom metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring Christian Garis on drums, Jorge Patiño on bass and vocals, and David Dos on guitar and vocals. The trio released a seven-track self-titled album in 2018, blending crushing riffs with psychedelic textures and unconventional instrumentation.
Eight-piece folk metal ensemble from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2011. Self-described as Prague motherfuckers, Cruadalach blend violins, flutes, and shawms with harsh vocals and hardcore intensity, exploring themes of true human existence across releases like Raised By Wolves.
Progressive metal act from Warsaw, formed in 2020. Crucial Comma explores intricate compositional structures from the Polish capital.
New York thrash band Crucial Fix operate in the aggressive, street-level tradition that the state's metal underground has long cultivated. Their music leans hard on speed, tight riffs, and a combative attitude rooted in the local scene.
New York's Crucial Hate operate at the extreme end of the death/grind spectrum, delivering short, savage bursts of blasting drums and guttural riffing that leave little room for breath. Brutality and brevity are the defining virtues.
Richmond, Virginia's Crucial Rip combine death metal's technical brutality with deathcore's breakdown-driven heaviness into a punishing and visceral sound. The band channels the aggressive spirit of the Richmond metal scene into dense, relentless music.
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