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Named for a prehistoric predator, Bend's Lythronax bring an appropriately crushing blend of death metal and deathcore to Oregon's high desert, calibrating their breakdowns and blast beats with the precision of something built to hunt. Active since 2014.
LØLØ is the stage name of Toronto singer-songwriter Lauren Mandel, whose music brings pop punk, emo pop, and alternative rock into a sharp, confessional format. Emerging in the late 2010s, she built an audience with songs that pair polished hooks with breakup bitterness, self-mockery, and guitar-driven urgency. LØLØ fits accepted scope through modern pop punk and punk-adjacent alternative rock, even when her production sits closer to contemporary pop than old basement punk. Her songs often use clean, punchy arrangements: guitars hit hard enough to give the choruses lift, drums snap with radio-ready force, and the vocals carry both sarcasm and vulnerability. Collaborations and releases connected to the wider pop-punk revival have placed her beside artists who treat the genre as an emotional language rather than a fixed sound from one decade. What makes LØLØ effective is the directness of the writing. She can turn resentment, embarrassment, obsession, and romantic exhaustion into songs that feel immediate without becoming vague. The music is bright, but not weightless, and her best tracks show how pop punk can still make room for personality, theatrical phrasing, and messy feeling inside compact, hook-centered songwriting.
Sludge metal and hardcore outfit from Fleurus, Belgium, grinding out abrasive, punishing heaviness since 2013. Their sound fuses sludge metal's suffocating weight with hardcore's confrontational energy and urgency.
Lábar'Oculto is a black/doom metal band from Piraju, São Paulo, formed in 2017, whose lyrics draw on poetry, literature, and occultism. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2020 through Misanthropic Records and Black Hearts Records, recorded at Amarello Sound Studio between 2017 and 2019. The album was preceded by the single Lábar'Oculto (Contravulgata) and a live recording from UMF XVIII.
Spanish heavy metal band from Rivas-Vaciamadrid, forging classic heavy metal since 2012. Their name, meaning 'black tear,' signals the emotive, darker side of their traditional heavy metal sound.
Lápide was a thrash metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, active from 1996 to 2012. The band released two studio albums — Infinite Life After Death (2003) and Over the Grave (2008), the latter through the Voice Music label — and were recognized as one of Rio Grande do Sul's notable thrash acts. The line-up during their later years featured Rogério Pires on vocals and guitar, Eduardo Martinez on guitar, Gustavo Strapazon on bass, and Hercules Priester on drums.
Portuguese atmospheric black metal band from Barcelos, formed in 2020 and crafting immersive, emotive compositions. Their name, meaning 'pity' or 'shame,' captures the sorrowful character of their atmospheric approach.
Lazaro is a thrash metal band from Rafael Castillo, Buenos Aires, founded by guitarist Jorge Moreno following his departure from the long-running Argentine thrash act Serpentor. The band carries on the tradition of socially and politically charged thrash metal from the Greater Buenos Aires underground scene.
German melodic black/death metal project from Ramstein-Miesenbach, forging a dual-genre assault since 2019. Their sound blends melodic sophistication with the combined intensity of black and death metal.
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