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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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North London sludge/stoner metal trio formed in 2023, creating what they describe as "soundscapes of agony and of a withering existence." Their 2024 self-titled album features sprawling tracks like "A Feast on Bark" and "Without Face," recorded at Rockaway Studio in Manor House.
Heavy metal/hard rock band from Seville, formed in 2023 and delivering riff-driven, high-energy compositions from Andalusia. Their Basque-influenced name adds an Iberian identity to their classic metal sound.
Black metal project from Kothen in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2016 and forging cold, abrasive compositions from the eastern German lowlands. Their raw approach channels classic black metal's misanthropic spirit.
Black metal project from Turku with an evocative Finnish name meaning "the void of the bear guardian," formed in 2020. Their atmospheric compositions draw on Finnish nature mythology and the mystical power of the bear in Finnish folklore.
Triumphant Heavy / Power Metal from San Antonio.
Black metal project from Nuremberg, formed in 2022 and contributing to the Franconian underground's growing extreme metal scene. Their sound draws on the atmospheric and aggressive traditions of European black metal.
Kariwa is a groove metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2013 with a lineup that has included members of Goretrade and Luciferian. The band released two full-lengths — "10.000 años" (2016) and "No creo que a dios le importe" (2018) — and appeared on the True Metal Subversion 8 compilation.
Melodic black/death/gothic metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2019 and blending three distinct metal subgenres into dark, ornate compositions. Their multi-layered approach pairs melodic hooks with extreme metal intensity and gothic atmospherics.
Ann Arbor's Karkajou have been building progressive death metal of unusual depth and compositional ambition since 2011, the university city's intellectual culture seemingly embedded in their approach to extreme music. Challenging and rewarding in equal measure.
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