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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Palm Desert, California brutal death and slam metal project known for grotesque sonic extremity and experimental tendencies. Cytoplasm pushes the outer limits of brutal death metal with unconventional, visceral compositions from the California desert.
Brutal death metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, active since 2011. Cytotoxin have built a devoted following through relentless, technically proficient death metal laced with nuclear and chemical themes.
Philadelphia doom and sludge metal band named after the Marvel Comics entity, channeling unstoppable crushing weight into slow, enveloping heaviness. Cyttorak builds its sound on feedback-drenched riffs and the kind of slow-motion brutality that defines sludge.
Thrash metal band from Leeds, England, active since 2013. They deliver aggressive thrash from Yorkshire.
Death metal outfit from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. Cypsis delivers crushing riffs and guttural vocals steeped in the Greek extreme metal tradition.
Thrash metal band from the port city of Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 2016. Czaar brings aggressive, riff-driven thrash to the Adriatic metal scene.
Chicago progressive metal band crafting introspective, compositionally complex music that draws from prog rock's textural depth and metal's heavy backbone. Czar builds melodically rich soundscapes through patient, dynamic songwriting.
Los Angeles black metal band operating in the California underground with a raw and atmospheric approach to the genre. Czar CA pursues cold, minimalist black metal with the hostility and grimness of the old-school tradition.
Schenectady, New York heavy metal band delivering classic riff-driven metal with an old-school underground sensibility. Czar NY works in the foundational tradition of American heavy metal with directness and heavy guitar work.
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