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Tacoma's Crossing Crusades blend the locking groove of heavy rhythm sections with the metalcore aggression of the Pacific Northwest underground. Their sound channels working-class heaviness through modern metal arrangements.
Bristol, Connecticut's Crossing Rubicon plays traditional heavy metal with a classic sensibility, rooted in the no-nonsense approach that defined the New England metal underground. Riff-forward and direct, they keep the focus on the music.
Richmond, Virginia's Crossing the Event Horizon combines the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with uncompromising brutality. Their technical approach draws equally from melodeath's harmonic depth and straight death metal's ferocity.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Besancon, France, formed in 2023. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Franche-Comte capital.
Metalcore band from Liverpool, England, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting from Merseyside.
Symphonic black-thrash metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crossover blend symphonic elements with black metal and thrash.
Crossover was an Argentine heavy metal act whose Bandcamp catalogue includes the albums Funeral Flowers and Fantasmo, along with the sprawling release Cryptic and Dire Sallow Faced Hoods Blast Off into Oblivion. The band is listed as split-up on Metal Archives after operating under the Darkbeat banner.
Doom and heavy metal project from Poland, formed in 2021. CrossRoad crafts slow, heavy riffs with a traditional metal foundation.
Crossroad of Dark merges the blasting extremity of grindcore with the guttural density of death metal, crafting a sound that's uncompromising in its ferocity. Their music wastes no time on subtlety, opting for maximum brutality in minimal runtime.
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