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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Des Moines black metal act Empire have been working in the shadows since 2011, pursuing the genre's most raw and elemental qualities from the middle of a Midwest that rarely gets credit for its underground extremity.
Lansing's Empire Auriga occupy a precise and distinctive corner of the metal map, fusing black metal's atmospheric hostility with industrial texture and ambient structure in a way that has made them one of Michigan's more singular exports.
Doom/gothic metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, crafting dark, atmospheric compositions since 2003. Their evocative name captures the sinking, submerging quality of their fusion of doom weight and gothic elegance.
Empire of Darkness was a black metal band from Dois Irmãos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The band explored lyrical themes of conspiracies, death, disillusionment, and war before splitting up.
Metalcore and melodic death metal act from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, blending breakdowns with harmonic intensity since 2019. Their name evokes spreading decay, driving a sound that merges metalcore's rhythmic punch with melodic death metal's richness.
Sludge/stoner metal act from Odense on the Danish island of Funen, delivering heavy, groove-laden compositions since 2014. Their imperious name captures the commanding, oppressive quality of their sludge-laden sound.
Brooklyn's Empire of Dust arrived in 2023 blending melodic thrash aggression with metalcore structure, channeling New York City's restless energy into a sound that moves between technical riffing and muscular breakdown momentum.
Thessaloniki-based black metal act, active since 2019 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in Greece's distinctively melodic extreme metal scene, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Phoenix's Empire of Pigs lock death metal's brutality into hardcore's confrontational directness, producing something lean and hostile that thrives in the extreme heat of Arizona's underground.
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