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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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Evansville's Engutturalment Cephaloslamectomy is exactly what the name promises — Indiana slam death metal taken to absurdist extremes, pairing guttural vocal savagery with knuckle-dragging slam breakdowns.
Akron's Enhailer drifts through the hazy overlap of stoner, doom, and sludge, conjuring thick, feedback-drenched riffs and narcotic tempos suited to the Rust Belt's industrial melancholy.
Practitioners of black metal, this Polish outfit from Toruń has been refining their craft since 2016. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with unshakable resolve.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2016, based in Irkutsk, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Virginia's Enhuman traffics in purposeful, relentless death metal — punishing rhythms and dense riffwork that reject ornamentation in favor of pure, mechanical devastation.
Ambitious Progressive Metal out of Texas.
San Jose's Enigma brings Silicon Valley precision to technical death metal, constructing labyrinthine song structures and fretboard acrobatics that reward close listening without sacrificing brutality.
Enigma Ex Machina is an extreme progressive metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2020 by André Vaz and Renato "Timbó" Machado, later expanded with drummer Artur Guedes and bassist João Castañon. The band explores lyrical themes of mental health and astronomy, and released their EP "The Event Horizon" in December 2020.
Exploring the depths of heavy metal and power metal, this Italian outfit from Sassari has been refining their craft since 2019. Their sound hinges on Helloween-school optimism forged in twin-guitar brilliance, delivered with absolute focus.
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