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Cuero was a heavy/power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup included vocalist Enrique Gomez Yafal and guitarist Christian Vidal. The band released a full-length album titled Heavy Metal and contributed a cover of Master of Puppets to the Argentine Metallica tribute compilation Mátenlos a todos in 2003.
Thrash metal band from Łódź, formed in 2023. CUG brings raw thrash energy to central Poland.
Heavy and power metal band from Sweden, formed in 2018. Cui Bono — Latin for 'who benefits?' — delivers anthemic traditional metal.
Prolific one-man project with over fifteen full-lengths since 2013. Unpredictable, genre-bending compositions blending doom, prog, and symphonic elements.
Portland, Oregon stoner and doom metal outfit Cull move at a heavy, methodical pace, building oppressive walls of fuzz that carry the Pacific Northwest's heavy tradition. Their music is slow, deliberate, and saturated with low-end weight.
Phoenix, Arizona doom/sludge outfit Culldron cook up thick, sweltering metal that mirrors the scorching heat of the Sonoran Desert. Their heavy, low-tuned sound drags and churns with relentless desert oppressiveness.
Heavy and speed metal band from South Shields, England, active since 2011. Named after the famous battle, they deliver fast, powerful metal from the Tyneside.
Culmen is a raw black metal band from Chavín, Ancash, Peru, formed in 2022. Signed to From Deepest Records, they released their debut single in 2022 and followed it with the EP "De un soplo la creación" in 2024, exploring themes of philosophical delusions and dreams through a harsh, minimalist black metal approach.
Oakland, California's Culper Ring blend the drone metal's meditative heaviness with unusual folk metal textures, creating patient, long-form music with a pastoral and ritualistic quality. Named for the Revolutionary War spy ring, their sound is layered with subtle historical intrigue.
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