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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Milwaukee heavy/doom metal band summoning the Rust Belt's industrial weight through slow, deliberate riffing and traditional doom's reverence for the riff above all else since 2018. Wisconsin's post-industrial gloom rendered in downtuned steel.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania technical death metal act whose German-inflected name — meaning endless — matches the complexity they've been threading into relentless compositions since 2013. Their approach prioritizes precision and density over accessibility.
Atmospheric black metal project from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2025, whose name means "endless emptiness" in German. Their evocative moniker captures the vast, desolate soundscapes at the heart of their atmospheric black metal vision.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this black metal act from London traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2024, they've built a catalog that reflects the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition.
Firmly rooted in black metal, this Swedish actfrom Västra Götaland delivers dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice without compromise. They've been at it since 2025, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Chicago death/sludge hybrid that drags the Windy City's noise-rock and post-hardcore DNA through the mire of sludge metal and death metal since 2016. Their sound is the product of a city where extreme music has always been genre-agnostic.
The Russian city of Moscow serves as headquarters for this doom metal, progressive metal, and sludge metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Metalcore band from Dadizele in West Flanders, Belgium, delivering heavy breakdowns and melodic passages since 2020. Their approach draws from the modern metalcore playbook with an emphasis on dynamic songwriting and emotional intensity.
When Endocranial emerged in 2012 from Kyiv, they brought with them a sound rooted in brutal death metal and death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
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