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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Venomous Depressive Black Metal from Houston.
Detroit's Left in Ruin have been channeling the city's rust-belt grit through Southern and sludge metal since 2007, pairing down-tuned dirges with a muscular, working-class heaviness. Long-running and uncompromising, they are a fixture of the Midwest heavy underground.
Fredericksburg, Virginia's Left in Ruin have been sharpening their technical death metal since 2007, building a reputation for complex riffing and precise, merciless execution. Their approach favors intricacy over brutality for its own sake — though there is plenty of both.
Ossining, New York's Left in Ruins pull death metal, thrash, and metalcore into a tightly wound package that has been evolving since 2013. The Hudson Valley band blend aggression and melody without softening the edges of either.
Oklahoma City's Left to Die launched in 2021 channeling the hard-swinging midrange of groove metal with a hard rock backbone. Built for volume and momentum, they represent OKC's stubborn refusal to be overlooked in the national heavy conversation.
Viennese brutal deathcore unit delivering punishing slams and guttural vocals since 2017. Their self-titled debut channels relentless brutality across nine tracks of crushing breakdowns and slamming riffs.
Croatian sludge/doom metal band from Karlovac, delivering crushing heaviness since 2014. Their name captures the desperate, abandoned character of their sludge-drenched doom.
Detroit brutal death metal outfit Leg has been dismembering eardrums since 2021 with dense, gore-drenched riffing and inhuman percussion. The name is short; the damage is extensive.
Legacy of Kain is a groove and thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, featuring guitarists Angelo Torquetto and Karim Serri, both veterans of bands including Doomsday Hymn and Desertor. The band released their debut album I.N.V.E.R.S.O in 2017, sung entirely in Portuguese, followed by Paralelo XI in 2019, and has toured Argentina as part of regional metal festival circuits.
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