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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Los Angeles newcomers Pagoto smash crossover thrash and sludge together into a filthy, high-energy hybrid that owes as much to hardcore warehouses as it does to metal stages. Formed in 2024, they bring the reckless aggression of the LA underground to both styles at once.
Bulgarian black metal act formed in 2018, operating as a bass-and-drums duo delivering stripped-down, aggressive black metal. They have released several recordings including splits with other underground acts.
Death and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2015, whose Finnish name translates to 'icon of evil.' They deliver ferocious extreme metal from the Finnish capital.
Trier-based Paid Charons Fare has been navigating the bleak waters between death and funeral doom metal since 2014. Named for the mythological toll of crossing into the underworld, their sound matches that morbid imagery with crushing, glacially-paced compositions from Germany's oldest city.
Named after the Goetic demon of forbidden knowledge, Paimon conjures occult black metal from the Saxon town of Thalheim since 2020. Their sound draws from the ritualistic end of the genre, favoring atmosphere and dread over sheer velocity.
Black and death metal band from Novi Sad, Serbia, formed in 2013, named after the demonic entity. They deliver over a decade of blackened death metal from the Serbian cultural capital.
Flint, Michigan's Pain forge thrash metal shaped by the industrial rust and relentless edge of one of America's hardest-hit cities. Since 2020 they've been delivering fast, aggressive metal that sounds like it has something to prove.
Santa Clarita's Pain Catalyst fuse groove-heavy riffs with thrash velocity, arriving at a punishing sound rooted in the heavier side of California metal. Formed in 2022, they channel mechanical precision and physical aggression into tightly wound songs.
Melodic groove metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2020, delivering accessible yet heavy groove metal with melodic hooks. They bring rhythmic heaviness to the British metal underground.
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