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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Death/sludge metal project from Finland, formed in 2020 with a Finnish name meaning "jaws" or "throat." Their visceral name matches the raw, devouring intensity of their death-sludge hybrid.
Named for the legendary sunken Russian city, Denver's Kitezh has been crafting melodic and progressive death metal since 2011. Their music balances technical ambition with melodic depth, weaving elaborate song structures through the mile-high city's fertile extreme metal scene.
Out of Port Orchard, Washington, Kitsa formed in 2023 where heavy metal and stoner metal meet the fog-laden Pacific coastline. Their sound has the sun-baked haze of stoner riffing tempered by the cold, overcast energy of the Puget Sound region.
When Kittens of the Corn emerged in 2024 from Murmansk, they brought with them a sound rooted in brutal death metal and death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Pioneering all-female extreme metal act from London, Ontario who burst onto the scene in 1999 with their debut 'Spit', becoming one of the youngest bands ever signed to a major label. Kittie's sound evolved from aggressive nu-metal roots into a sophisticated blend of death metal, thrash, and melodic heaviness across albums like 'Oracle' and 'In the Black'. After a lengthy hiatus, their 2024 reunion proved the enduring ferocity of Morgan Lander's guttural vocals and the band's uncompromising heaviness.
Melodic metalcore band from Oulu, formed in 2022 and blending metalcore's breakdown dynamics with melodic hooks. Their Finnish name meaning "venomous" or "sharp" captures the biting edge of their northern Finnish metalcore.
Power metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2022 and named after a Finnish word meaning "millstone" or referencing the Kalevala. Their sound channels the epic traditions of Finnish power metal through dynamic, energetic compositions.
St. Louis experimental black metal act Kivelak pushes the genre into unsettling, dissonant territory since forming in 2020. Their work treats black metal as a canvas for sonic deconstruction — fractured, cerebral, and deliberately hard to pin down.
Symphonic/gothic metal project from Joensuu in North Karelia, formed in 2025 with a Finnish name meaning "stone heart." Their sound layers symphonic orchestration over gothic metal's dark elegance.
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