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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Progressive metal band from Oulu, formed in 2021 and exploring technically ambitious compositions from northern Finland. Their sound pushes metal's boundaries with complex structures and dynamic arrangements.
Heavy metal band from Zubri in the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic, formed in 2017 and playing straightforward traditional metal. Their sound reflects the resilient working-class spirit of the eastern Czech metal underground.
Practitioners of gothic metal, power metal, and symphonic metal, this Italian outfit from Mantua has been refining their craft since 2008. Their sound hinges on bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight, delivered with absolute focus.
Croatian black metal project from Karlovac, formed in 2016, exploring themes of Croatian patriotism, history, and the mysticism of nature and eternity. Their debut Poglavlje Prvo, recorded at Studio Veles with a large lineup including guitarist Izsvarg and multiple vocalists, spans nearly an hour of atmospheric black metal rooted in national identity.
Groove metal band from Oulu, formed in 2020 and delivering thick, rhythmically driven compositions from northern Finland. Their straightforward groove metal channels headbanging heaviness from the Arctic underground.
Koriza is a thrash/death metal band from Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, with a listing on the Encyclopaedia Metallum that includes the demo "Defluxo" among their early releases. The band operates out of a city better known as a literary landmark — the birthplace of writer Jorge Amado — making them a notable presence in Bahia's underground extreme metal scene. They have maintained an active Spotify presence alongside their long-running career.
Drawing from Bari's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Death Metal and Folk Metal built on celebratory drinking-song energy fused with genuine heaviness. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
A product of the tiny nation at the crossroads of Germanic and Slavic metal, this Novo Mesto-based sludge metal and stoner metal act channels desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. Active since 2017, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Raw black metal/noise project from France, formed in 2021 and merging black metal's darkness with noise's abrasive textures. Their Slavic pagan deity name adds mythological weight to their harsh, experimental sound.
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