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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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Saint Paul heavy metal band named for the spectral hounds of Welsh mythology, bringing a dark, mythic sensibility to their sound. Cwn Annwn channels classic heavy metal songwriting with an atmospheric, lore-drenched edge.
Black metal project from Reykjavík, formed in 2021. Cxaxukluth — named after a Lovecraftian outer god — channels cosmic horror through Icelandic black metal.
CxFxCx is a crossover thrash band from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, tracing their roots to the early 1990s when a group of teenage skaters formed the project in the city's underground scene. The band has remained continuously active and celebrated their 30th anniversary with a live-in-studio album recorded in a single day at Estúdio Soma in Porto Alegre, featuring 15 tracks spanning all phases of their career.
Death-doom-sludge act from Reykjavík, active since 2017. CXVIII delivers crushing, slow-burning heaviness that draws on Iceland's tradition of atmospheric extreme metal.
Fraser, Michigan heavy and thrash metal band blending the riff-forward drive of classic thrash with traditional heavy metal melody. Cyadine draws from Michigan's deep metal tradition with energetic and hard-hitting songwriting.
Progressive death metal and deathcore band from the Essonne south of Paris, France, formed in 2017. They blend progressive complexity with extreme metal aggression.
Yorktown, Virginia technical death and grindcore band named for a Lovecraftian entity, merging clinical precision with brutal extremity. Cyaegha delivers technically demanding death metal with the frenzied velocity of grind.
Power and heavy metal band from Pineda de Mar on the Catalan coast, Spain, active since 2013. They deliver melodic, hook-driven metal from the Maresme coastline.
Reno death metal, deathcore, and metalcore band fusing modern extreme metal's heaviest elements into a punishing hybrid. Cyanate layers crushing breakdowns and guttural death metal aggression over a metalcore song framework.
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