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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Thrash metal band from the Hamburg/Ahrensburg area, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh thrash energy to the Hanseatic region.
Crux Cullum is a death/black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2007. The band operates within the underground extreme metal scene of Belo Horizonte, a city with a long tradition of producing extreme metal acts, blending black and death metal elements in their sound.
Black metal band from Ingenio in Gran Canaria, Spain, formed in 2014. They channel dark intensity through black metal from the Canary Islands.
Black-death metal band from Selb in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2024. They channel darkness through a fusion of black and death metal from the Bavarian-Czech borderlands.
Buffalo death-doom and groove metal band pulling from multiple heavy subgenres to craft dense, lurching compositions. They sit at a bleak crossroads where different strains of heaviness collide.
Black metal band from Provins near Paris, France, active since 2013. They craft dark black metal from the medieval fortress town.
Providence sludge metal outfit dragging the weight of Rhode Island's underground through thick, distorted low-end murk. Their sound is slow, oppressive, and rooted in the abrasive American sludge tradition.
Death and thrash metal band from Steenokkerzeel, Belgium, formed in 2024. A newer force in the Belgian extreme metal underground, they combine the heaviness of death metal with the velocity of thrash.
Denver melodic death and power metal band blending soaring power metal ambition with the aggression of melodic death. Colorado's thriving metal scene provides fertile ground for their genre-straddling approach.
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