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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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Romanian avant-garde doom metal band from Sibiu, pushing doom metal's boundaries since 2015. Their musically-referencing name signals the experimental, theory-driven character of their avant-garde approach.
A New Hampshire one-person raw black metal project, Lochwood Tower emerged in 2023 with a lo-fi, frost-bitten aesthetic rooted in solitude and primitive fury.
French death metal band from the Pays de la Loire region, active since 2018. Their name, meaning 'Places of Hell,' signals the infernal, underworld character of their death metal.
British slam/brutal death metal band from Macclesfield, delivering punishing slams and crushing heaviness since 2019. Their no-nonsense name signals the direct, heavy-hitting assault of their slam death approach.
Columbia, Missouri's Locked Shut deliver a ferocious brand of Midwest hardcore fronted by Alex Kelly, with serrated vocals tearing over jet-black basslines and galloping drums. Their breakout album 'The New Chaos' packs eight tracks into fifteen blistering minutes, drawing attention from national heavy music outlets like Lambgoat. The band strikes a blow for the Midwest hardcore underground with riffs that are lean, mean, and built for the pit.
Russian thrash/heavy metal band from Moscow, formed in 2022 and combining thrash velocity with heavy metal power. Their name channels the trapped, restrained energy that explodes through their aggressive sound.
British sludge metal/hardcore band from Teignmouth, delivering toxic heaviness since 2013. Their sound merges sludge metal's abrasive weight with hardcore's confrontational intensity.
Intense Melodic Groove Metal / Metalcore from Fort Worth.
French thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Paris, merging thrash speed with punk attitude since 2018. Their name, a fusion of 'loco' and 'muerte,' captures the wild, death-defying energy of their crossover assault.
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