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For All To Blame (2022)
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Ripping / Pulling / Tearing (2019)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Memphis' Enraptured blends the visceral speed of grindcore with death metal's tonal punishment, carrying on the Bluff City's tradition of uncompromising extreme music with short, ferocious song structures.
Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023, delivering classic, riff-centered compositions from the German capital. Their approach channels the enduring power of traditional heavy metal with fresh energy.
Huntington Beach's Enrot scrapes corrosive thrash metal from the Southern California coast, forging sharp-edged riffs and aggressive tempos in the tradition of the genre's classic Bay Area and SoCal forebears.
Cleveland, Tennessee's Enruined uses progressive death metal as a vehicle for structural complexity and emotional darkness, threading intricate arrangements through a core of heavy, rhythmically demanding brutality.
Eugene's Ensamble delivers Pacific Northwest thrash with a tightly wound, riff-forward attack, tapping the energy of Oregon's underground metal community with classically-influenced speed and aggression.
Black metal project from Nancy, France formed in 2020. They channel cold Scandinavian-influenced black metal from the Lorraine region.
In existence since 2022, this Ljubljana Black Metal and Death Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within Slovenia's Alpine metal tradition speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Orlando's Ensanguined arrived in 2023 fusing the maniacal velocity of speed metal with black metal's icy malevolence — a blood-soaked debut into Florida's extremity-rich underground.
Formed in 2020, this Thasos Black Metal outfit delivers icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Their place within the Mediterranean's black metal bastion speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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