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Doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of crushing heaviness, Cardinals Folly are veterans of the Finnish doom underground.
Black-doom metal project from Helsinki, Finland. They merge the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom.
Cardoss is a stoner/sludge/post-metal band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, formed in 2023. The four-piece — León Montiel, Franco Valladares, Héctor Madera, and Omar Cárdenas — blends heavy, slow-burning riffs with atmospheric post-metal textures. Their releases include the EP El Ritual and the full-length Sombras.
Cardynal is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, formed by members Ariel Varas (vocals), Daniel Arévalo (guitar), Gastón Rodríguez (bass), and Guillermo Bertinat (drums). The band released their debut album Intro in 2021, recorded at Estudio Bonus Track in Bahía Blanca, having previously released a self-titled EP in 2019.
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Thrash metal band from Fontenay-sous-Bois near Paris, France, active since 2012. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Parisian suburbs.
Thrash metal band from Heidenheim, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive, riff-heavy thrash from the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb.
Death-doom act from Ljubljana, Slovenia, formed in 2020. Carestia — Italian for 'famine' — merges crushing death metal with funereal doom.
St. Petersburg black metal act formed in 1999, rooted in the raw, atmospheric tradition of the genre with a murky, cold production style that emphasizes malevolent mood over technical display.
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