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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Metalcore band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2022. They channel hardcore-infused metalcore energy from the Finnish capital.
Minneapolis melodic death metal act Ecphasis formed in 2019 with a clear focus on hook and heaviness in equal measure, carrying on a tradition the city has quietly nurtured for decades.
Fresno death metallers Ecryptic have been at it since 2008, delivering the genre's Central Valley strain with the kind of patient, persistent dedication that separates lifers from trend-chasers.
Atlanta's Ecryptus represent the Southern chapter of the death metal underground, active since 2008 with a direct, no-decoration approach that keeps the genre's original brutality front and center.
Boston's EcSovereign launched in 2023 as a progressive metal project with strong compositional instincts — a new voice in a city with a rich tradition of technically minded heavy music.
Speed metal act from Vallendar, Germany, one of the country's longer-running acts in the style with roots going back to 2003. Their name captures the rush and exhilaration of their high-velocity approach to classic speed metal.
Straddling the line between groove metal and thrash metal, this Dutch actfrom Utrecht fuses Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2020, and circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
Ecstatic Vision are a heavy psych quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013 by guitarist Douglas Sabolik following the dissolution of A Life Once Lost. Drawing from Detroit proto-punk (MC5, The Stooges), krautrock (Can, Guru Guru), space rock (Hawkwind), and Zambian rock, the band signed to Relapse Records for their debut Sonic Praise (2015). Subsequent albums Raw Rock Fury (2017), For the Masses (2019), and Elusive Mojo (2022) continued to push the band's raw, exploratory sound.
Vladimir, Russia — death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
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