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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Apple Valley, Minnesota's Cryogen grind out straightforward death metal rooted in the brutal Midwestern tradition. Their approach favors relentless aggression over melody, hammering out dense, punishing compositions.
Symphonic black metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of activity, Cryogenic blend orchestral grandeur with black metal intensity.
Death metal act from Chernivtsi in western Ukraine, active since 2011. Cryogenic Implosion has delivered over a decade of death metal from the Bukovina region.
Brutal death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France, formed in 2020. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Breton capital.
Brutal death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from Finland's oldest city.
Death metal act from Ufa, capital of Bashkortostan, formed in 2018. Cryomation channels frozen, crushing death metal from the Ural foothills.
Power metal band from Borlänge in Dalarna, active since 2009. Cryonic Temple has delivered over fifteen years of classic European power metal from the Swedish heartland.
Thrash metal band from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2019. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash built on precise riffing and punishing rhythms.
Black metal project from Kharkiv, formed in 2021. Cryonized Sun channels frozen, atmospheric black metal from eastern Ukraine.
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