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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Doom metal band from Hesse, Germany, active since 1991. With over three decades of history, Curven are among the most enduring doom acts in Germany.
Colorado atmospheric black metal project drawing its name from a parasitic vine to reflect a music of creeping, consuming darkness. Cuscuta builds immersive, frost-bitten black metal atmospheres from the high plains.
Kingston, New Hampshire band fusing black metal coldness with the lumbering weight of doom, crafting bleak and heavy soundscapes. Cuspian brings a rural New England grimness to music built on extremity and atmosphere.
Power metal band from Herne in the Ruhr, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the industrial heartland of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Kansas City stoner metal band riding massive, fuzz-driven riffs and a laid-back heavy groove. Custom Black operates in the tradition of heavy riff worship, built for high-volume listening in smoke-hazed spaces.
Death-sludge metal band from Manlleu near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2008. They merge death metal aggression with sludge weight from the Catalan Ter Valley.
Raw industrial black-crust metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal with crust punk and industrial elements from the Steel City.
Death metal band from Karlstad in Värmland, active since 2015. Cut Up delivers sharp, Swedish-style death metal with surgical precision.
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