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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Virginia black metal project Entroper emerged in 2025 from Murfreesboro, conjuring icy tremolo-picked atmospheres and misanthropic rawness from the mid-Atlantic interior.
Power metal band from Peraseinajoki in southern Ostrobothnia, Finland, active since 2013. They bring epic power metal from rural western Finland.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Berlin and Rostock, Germany, active since 2001. Their deliberate misspelling of "entropy" hints at the controlled chaos within their blend of melodic death metal and hardcore energy.
Metalcore band from Arnao in Asturias, Spain, formed in 2013. They bring intense, breakdown-driven metalcore from Spain's northern coast.
Black, death, and symphonic metal band from Mornay-sur-Allier in central France, active since 2012. They blend symphonic grandeur with extreme metal ferocity from rural Auvergne.
Progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece active since 2014. They deliver complex progressive metal from northern Greece.
When Entropic Awakening emerged in 2021 from Kristiansand, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal, death metal, and progressive metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Vienna, Virginia's Entropic Gluttony crash deathcore's structural heaviness into old-school death metal savagery, a potent combination since their 2021 formation in the DC suburbs.
Punishing Progressive Death Metal from Austin.
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