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Linz-based thrash metal unit formed in 2017, self-described as ready to plunge into chaos at every show with proper shredding, black humor, and a love for fast music. Their 2020 self-titled debut packs twelve tracks of relentless thrash across nearly an hour of material.
Out of Tempe, Arizona since 2021, Earthwalker layers the crushing weight of sludge over doom's slow funeral crawl, conjuring something heavy enough to sink into the desert floor.
Black metal project from Hinckley, England formed in 2017. They channel dark intensity from the Leicestershire town.
Formed in 2023 in the small town of Colfax, Washington, Earthworks deals in the kind of stoner doom that feels carved from rural isolation — slow, hazy, and built to outlast the weekend.
Belgian progressive groove metal band from the Flemish Ardennes, blending groovy, aggressive riffs with a progressive sauce since 2011. Their 2023 concept album "Nihilosophy," produced with Tom MacLean of Haken fame, explores themes of death and meaninglessness across eleven orchestrally enhanced tracks.
Death metal and groove metal act from Lyon, France formed in 2023. They bring chunky, groove-laden death metal from France's gastronomic capital.
Deathcore band from Moscow, Russia active since 2009, representing over 15 years of crushing breakdowns and extreme heaviness from the Russian capital.
Groove metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France formed in 2022. They deliver riff-heavy groove metal from the volcanic Auvergne region.
Memphis's East ov Eden blends technical death metal's surgical precision with deathcore's brutalist breakdown tendencies, a volatile combination the band has been refining since forming in 2023.
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