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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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Doom/gothic metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2015 and blending doom's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark elegance. Their Catalan underground roots inform a sound that balances heaviness with ornate atmospherics.
Black/death metal band from Grevena in northwestern Greece, merging the ferocity of death metal with the atmospheric darkness of Hellenic black metal. Their name, derived from the Greek word for "subterranean," signals their engagement with chthonic mythology and underworld themes.
Georgetown, Kentucky's Kataclyst have spent over a decade sharpening a melodic death metal approach that balances aggression with strong songwriting instincts and guitar-forward hooks.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, active since 2015 and delivering a decade of high-speed aggression from the Finnish capital. Their catacomb-referencing name evokes the underground energy of their thrash metal.
Black metal band from Paris, active since 2008 and named after the city's famous underground ossuaries. Their subterranean inspiration matches the dark, burial-ground atmosphere of their Parisian black metal.
When Katacumba emerged in 2022 from Coimbra, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and thrash metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Devotees of death metal and thrash metal, this Dutch outfit from Groningen has been refining their craft since 2022. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with raw determination.
One of Salt Lake City's longest-running metal acts, Katagory V have crafted progressive heavy and power metal since 2001 — ambitious, technically accomplished music with a cinematic, expansive feel.
Named for Maine's highest peak, Suffield, Connecticut's Katahdin have been channeling elemental black metal since 2010 — cold, unadorned, and rooted in the frigid austerity of the genre's second-wave forebears.
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