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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Sandefjord, active since 1995 and part of the second wave of Norwegian black metal. Their extensive discography from 'Moon in the Scorpio' through 'Opus Daemoniacal' spans three decades of orchestrally-enhanced, atmospheric black metal.
Finnish progressive death metal band from Jyvaskyla, crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2018. Their name reflects the transitional, threshold-crossing nature of their progressive approach to death metal.
Savage Atmospheric Black Metal from Oak Park, Illinois (early); Texas (later).
Scottish black/doom metal project formed in 2022, blending black metal's atmospheric fury with doom's monolithic pace. Their name suggests the threshold, in-between spaces that define their sound's eerie character.
Polish progressive metal/rock band from Wroclaw, crafting liminal, threshold-crossing compositions since 2017. Their approach blends progressive complexity with accessible rock elements.
Croatian death metal band formed in 2011, channeling the genre's relentless brutality. Their name signals the extreme, boundary-pushing character of their death metal approach.
Swedish heavy metal band from Orebro, forging classic heavy metal since 2012. Their name suggests the constrained energy that explodes through their powerful riffs.
Jacksonville, Florida's Limp Bizkit became the most commercially dominant nu-metal act of the late '90s, with Fred Durst's brash persona and Wes Borland's inventive guitar work driving 'Significant Other' and 'Chocolate Starfish' to multi-platinum sales. Love them or loathe them, their fusion of hip-hop swagger, heavy riffs, and DJ Lethal's turntablism defined an era, and their return to touring has proven the band's cultural staying power.
Lince was a progressive metal and rock project from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, active briefly from 2021 before splitting up. The band released horror-themed material, including the albums "Cosmic Horror" and "Horror Cósmico" as well as "Hell's Doors" in 2022, all self-released through their Bandcamp page. The project channeled cosmic horror and occult themes across its short-lived discography.
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