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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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Heavy metal band from Oldenburg in northern Germany, forging riff-heavy, straightforward metal since 2016. Their no-nonsense approach delivers the powerful hooks and driving rhythms of classic heavy metal.
Orlando's Emporos fuse melodic deathcore with punishing death metal, pairing razor-edged guitar harmonies against the kind of heavy breakdowns that Central Florida's pit crowd demands.
Philadelphia's Empress have spent over two decades weaving symphonic grandeur into progressive power metal, stacking orchestral sweep atop technically ambitious song structures that reward patient listeners.
Born from the Jersey Shore in 2022, Empress Ephemeral craft post-metal that echoes with coastal isolation — expansive, tide-worn, and built to dissolve slowly.
Brussels-based experimental metal act active since 2017, evolving from black/death metal origins into a haunting blend of post-metal and post-punk. Their 2021 album "Vide" was conceived as a claustrophobic journey recorded in apartments, a cabin, and on a rooftop during the pandemic.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2014, based in Chaplygin, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Lakeland's Empty pursue melodic death metal with clean Floridian ferocity, threading grief-soaked harmonies through tight, technically precise riffing since 2020.
Atlanta's Empty Black wallow in the Southern sludge tradition — stoner-thick riffs baked in tar and doom, the kind of slow-burn heaviness the city's heavy underground has perfected.
Drawing from Milan's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Folk Metal built on celebratory drinking-song energy fused with genuine heaviness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
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