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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Black metal band from Nowy Sącz in southern Poland, with roots dating to 2001. Nearly a quarter century of black metal from the Lesser Poland region represents exceptional underground dedication.
Thrash metal band from Rieti in central Italy's Lazio region, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of thrash from the Sabine hills represent exceptional longevity.
Named for the legendary highway that cuts through the American heartland, Chicago's Outburst on the 66 have been delivering stoner metal since 2016 with the kind of hazy, fuzz-drenched weight the genre demands. Their music evokes long stretches of blacktop and the slow burn of distortion-soaked riffs rolling out of the Midwest. The city's industrial backbone gives their sound an extra layer of grit.
Bergamo thrash metal/hardcore act from Lombardy, active since 2012. Over a decade in the shadow of the Alps, they have refined a style that draws equally from thrash metal's technical aggression and hardcore's raw directness.
Legnica heavy metal act from Lower Silesia, active since 2016. Their straightforward traditional metal approach channels the unadorned, no-nonsense character of this former garrison town in southwestern Poland.
Milwaukee death metal newcomers Outer Graves arrived in 2023, already reaching for the darkest end of the spectrum. Wisconsin's metal underground has always rewarded uncompromising brutality, and this outfit seems intent on earning their place in it. Still early in their trajectory, but the foundation is unambiguously grim.
Outer Heaven is a death metal band from Douglassville, Pennsylvania, formed in 2012 and signed to Relapse Records. Their 2018 debut Realms of Eternal Decay established them as one of the stronger voices in contemporary American death metal, drawing on cavernous production and punishing riffs indebted to old-school Florida and New York death metal. The band has continued releasing material, including the covers album In Tribute, paying homage to Repulsion, Morbid Angel, Pig Destroyer, Mortician, and Death.
Pavia melodic groove metal act from Lombardy, active since 2016. Their approach pairs groove metal's rhythmic physicality with melodic hooks, creating an accessible but heavy style suited to their university-town origins.
Outland Hill operates as a secretive French black metal project, channeling isolation and misanthropy into raw, atmospheric compositions. Their stripped-down approach emphasizes mood and texture over technical display.
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