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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Halo (2017)
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Florida black metal project incorporating dark ambient and noise textures to build a sound of total negation since 2022. Their work drifts between abrasive black metal aggression and bleak, atmospheric dissolution.
Moscow's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this doom metal and post-metal unit is among them — wielding Sabbathian worship filtered through decades of underground evolution. Patience is rewarded with crushing, cathartic payoffs.
Death metal act from Trusetal in Thuringia, Germany, delivering punishing, unrelenting aggression since 2017. Their name captures the unceasing nature of their approach to the genre's most painful sonic territories.
Houston death/black metal act marching through grim territory since 2017, channeling the occult density of war metal into something more deliberate and ritualistic. They are part of a strong Houston extreme metal underground that takes darkness seriously.
Minneapolis thrash/metalcore hybrid forged in 2015, drawing on the Twin Cities' hardcore lineage and the technical ambition of Midwestern thrash. They balance ferocious riffing with the structured dynamics that metalcore brings to the table.
Death, doom, and progressive metal band from Gyor, Hungary active since 2006. With nearly two decades of history, they are veterans of the Hungarian progressive death metal scene.
Endless Sacrifice is a death metal band from Fray Luis Beltrán, Santa Fe, Argentina, whose music incorporates Christian lyrical themes — a relatively uncommon combination in the Argentine extreme metal underground. Their album End Transmission was released on January 23, 2017, and the band has been active on Bandcamp under independent and Lament Records releases.
Endless Sedition are a death metal band from Santiago formed in 2018, drawing comparisons to Immolation with their blend of brutality, haunting atmosphere, and eerie melodic build-ups. Their discography includes the 2019 EP Perpetual Sedition, a 2021 three-way split Imminent Death with Deconsekrated and Unbowel, and the forthcoming EP Sinister Devastation.
Metalcore and power metal band from Paris, France formed in 2018. They blend the intensity of metalcore with the melodic sweep of power metal.
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