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Seattle, Washington heavy metal band Culprit were an early 1980s act who released their debut record on Shrapnel Records, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's early metal scene with polished, radio-ready heavy metal. Their 1983 debut "Guilty as Charged" remains a cult document of American traditional metal.
Thrash metal band from Nevers, France, active since 2008. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Nievre capital in central France.
Nashville, Tennessee deathcore outfit Cult Breather bring punishing breakdowns and brutal death metal riffing to the Southern underground. Their sound is dense, technical, and relentlessly heavy.
Black-death-doom metal band from London, formed in 2020. They channel cult-like darkness through a crushing fusion of three extreme genres.
New York City's Cult Dialect carves out a gritty crossroads between death metal, hardcore, and thrash, channeling the borough's street-level aggression into a blunt, punishing hybrid sound. Their approach owes as much to the NYHC tradition of blunt-force riffing as it does to the death and thrash scenes that grew up alongside it.
San Jose's Cult Graves traffick in barbaric black/death metal that draws equally from old Deicide's surgical brutality and Proclamation's war-metal chaos. Formed in 2018 and signed to Transylvanian Recordings, their 2020 full-length Strange Customs established them as one of the Bay Area underground's most uncompromising voices.
Black metal band from Avignon, France, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Cult Martyr deliver seasoned black metal from the Provençal city of the Popes.
Crossover thrash act from Tromsø, far northern Norway, formed in 2017. Cult Member delivers punk-fueled thrash from above the Arctic Circle.
Sludge metal band from Grimsby, England, formed in 2017. They deliver thick, oppressive sludge from the Lincolnshire coast.
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