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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Texas-based Epic of Lucius carve out their space in melodic death metal with songwriting that favors atmosphere and narrative momentum alongside sharp riffwork. Active since 2017, the band channels the storytelling instinct embedded in their name into hook-laden heaviness.
Venice-based progressive metal act, active since 2017 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Prague-based slam and brutal death metal act known for their medically precise approach to extreme heaviness, active since 2012. Their releases including "Abhorrent Stench of Posthumous Gastrorectal Desecration" and "Putreseminal Morphodysplastic Virulency" showcase some of the genre's most elaborately grotesque song and album titles.
Pomona death metal act Epicaricacy took their name from the obscure English word for taking pleasure in others' misfortune — an appropriately grim choice for music this punishing. Founded in 2023, they're among the newer voices adding teeth to Southern California's death metal scene.
Epicedio is a progressive metal band from Montevideo, Uruguay, that formed in 2009 and released their debut full-length, Lacisum, in December 2018. The album spans nine instrumental tracks drawing on the complex arrangements and technical musicianship associated with acts like Dream Theater and Andromeda. The band operates independently out of Montevideo's underground metal scene.
Chattanooga's Epicedium take their name from the Latin for a funeral song, and their melodic progressive death metal bears that weight with elegance. Since 2021, they've been building a sound that frames grief and complexity as twin engines of heavy music.
Heavy metal band from Jadranovo, Croatia active since 2013. They bring classic heavy metal from the Adriatic coast.
New Hampshire thrash band Epicenter have been generating seismic riffage out of Pelham since 2014, drawing from the genre's classic template without softening its edges. Their approach is straightforward in the best sense — four musicians locked in and swinging hard.
Power metal and symphonic metal band from Joensuu, Finland active since 2001. As one of eastern Finland's longest-running power metal acts, they have built over two decades of epic, orchestral metal.
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