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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels death metal and progressive metal with a focus on labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Formed in 2013, based in Wrocław, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
The British city of Gloucester serves as headquarters for this heavy metal operation, whose arsenal includes leather-and-studs authenticity in a modern framework. The spirit of NWOBHM burns bright in their songwriting.
Esquife is a black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, written and performed entirely by Rafael Mordente. The project released "TROPIKVLT" in January 2023, a seven-track album blending raw black metal with sardonic humor, followed by "Arrebatamento" in March 2024. The band has since split up.
Esquizoforia is a doom/stoner metal and rock band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2022 (previously active as Malicia Aeterna from 2019 to 2020). The band released their debut full-length "Epicurean Paradox" in 2024 and contributed a track to the Colombian compilation "In Colombia... Sometimes Doom Is Better Vol. 5." Their music explores themes of existential discomfort, horror, and the occult.
Sludge doom band from Vigo, Galicia, Spain founded in 2010, evolved from a drone doom project into a primarily sludge doom outfit. Their catalog includes Neurosis EP, Podrido Por Dentro, and the 2022 EP Aislamiento, blending funeral doom, DSBM vocals, and stoner influences.
Black/death metal band from Joensuu, Finland formed in 2021. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the forests of Finnish Karelia.
Melodic heavy metal band from Vienna, Austria, crafting hook-laden, dual-guitar driven metal with a classic European sensibility since 2018. Their sound balances power and melody in the tradition of the NWOBHM and continental heavy metal.
Metalcore and death metal veterans from Maasmechelen, Belgium, one of the country's longest-running bands in the style with roots going back to 2003. Their two-decade career reflects deep commitment to the fusion of hardcore energy and death metal brutality.
Doom/death metal act from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, merging the crushing weight of doom with death metal's guttural ferocity since 2016. Their sound reflects the melancholy and resilience of the Bosnian underground metal community.
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