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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
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/stoner metal and rock band from Lille, formed in 2025 and blending progressive complexity with fuzz-drenched stoner grooves. Their geological name suggests the foundational, bedrock heaviness of their sound.
Symphonic/atmospheric black metal project from Germany, active since 2012 and layering orchestral grandeur over black metal's dark intensity. Their compositions build vast, cinematic soundscapes around tremolo-picked aggression.
KEYGEN CHURCH is a Rome-based solo electronic project launched in 2018 by Vittorio D'Amore, the same musician behind MASTER BOOT RECORD. The project renders neoclassical and baroque forms — sonatas, cantatas, and pipe organ chorales — through entirely digital synthesis, described by D'Amore as synth metal with a cathedral-scale sound achieved via Cubase and high-end VST instruments. Releases include the debut ░ ▒ ▓ █ (2018) and Nel Nome Del Codice (2024), with the project eventually signing to Metal Blade Records.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee's Keymaster have been delivering classic heavy/power metal since 2005, with the kind of dual-guitar heroics, strong melodies, and earnest delivery that keeps traditional metal alive and vital.
Drone/doom/black/death metal project from Dusseldorf, formed in 2020 and pushing extreme metal into its most crushing, hypnotic territory. Their multi-genre approach spans the heaviest and most experimental reaches of metal.
Portland, Oregon's Keys of Solomon bring a progressive lens to black metal, threading complex song structures and shifting dynamics through the genre's foundational darkness since their 2019 formation.
Thrash/death metal band from Madrid, active since 2015 and delivering aggressive, high-speed compositions from Spain's capital. Their eternally-themed name matches the relentless, never-ending fury of their sound.
Thrash/groove metal band from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-heavy metal that fuses thrash speed with groove metal's chunky rhythmic power. Their sound reflects the energy and intensity of Northern Ireland's underground metal scene.
Nijverdal-based heavy metal act, active since 2011 delivering old-school metal worship with genuine fire and conviction. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, classic riffs and commanding vocals anchor every track.
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