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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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Fresno's Heritage of Rebellion arrived in 2023 with death metal grounded in the Central Valley's blue-collar discontent — straightforward in its violence, unpretentious in its execution, and built to be played loud. A band that earns the defiance in their name.
Heritage Steel is a doom metal act from Sweden, active since 2020 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Progressive death/black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020. Their complex compositions merge the brutality of death and black metal with progressive structures and unconventional arrangements.
An established progressive metalcore voice from Turku, contributing to Finland's underground since 2001. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Death metal and grindcore act from the Nancy-Épinal corridor in Lorraine, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of grinding assault from eastern France have cemented their place in the regional underground.
Thrash Metal/Metalcore outfit rooted in Rouen, channeling fierce underground intensity since 2013. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
An uncompromising black metal project from Kemi, active since 2026. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Gothic/melodic death metal band from Menden, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of combining gothic atmosphere with melodic death metal aggression have made them a distinctive voice in the Sauerland metal scene.
Raw black metal project from Noyers-Missy in rural France, active since 2015. Their demonic name channels dark spirituality into harsh, unpolished black metal from the Burgundian countryside.
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