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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Psychedelic stoner, doom metal, and shoegaze project from Viken, Norway, formed in 2022, blending dreamy shoegaze textures with heavy doom and stoner metal weight. They create a uniquely ethereal yet crushing sound.
Piah Mater is the progressive death metal duo of vocalist/guitarist Luiz Felipe Netto and guitarist Igor Meira, whose dense, Opeth-influenced sound weaves dissonant extremity with extended atmospheric passages and a disregard for conventional song structures. Across three albums — "Memories of Inexistence" (2014), "The Wandering Daughter" (2018), and "Under the Shadow of a Foreign Sun" (2024, Code 666) — the duo have steadily carved out a more distinct identity, incorporating jazz-inflected saxophone work by Jørgen Munkeby on their latest record.
Picaporters is a doom and stoner rock trio from La Plata, Argentina, consisting of Juan Pablo Herrera Morales (bass/vocals), Lucas Barrue (guitar), and Juan Pablo Vázquez (drums). The band has released three albums — "Elefantes" (2013), "El Horror Oculto" (2016), and "XXIII" (2019) — all sung in Spanish and drawing heavily from 1970s doom, psychedelic, and heavy rock influences.
Thrash metal band from Bodo, Norway, formed in 2025, whose Spanish name means 'pick and shovel.' They bring working-class thrash metal energy from above the Arctic Circle.
Progressive death metal band from Schwelm, Germany, formed in 2020, painting vivid sonic pictures through technically demanding progressive death metal. Their name, Latin for painting, reflects their approach to crafting detailed musical compositions.
Albi's Pestiferum has been spreading black metal contagion from the medieval Occitan city since 2013. Their Tarn department setting — site of the infamous Albigensian Crusade — provides centuries of religious violence as thematic fuel.
Stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018, dealing in heavy, low-tuned riffs and crushing grooves. They bring the full weight of the doom and sludge metal tradition to the Berlin underground.
Thrash metal and metalcore band from Lemgo, Germany, formed in 2020, blending old-school thrash aggression with modern metalcore breakdowns. They bring crossover energy to the North Rhine-Westphalian metal scene.
Technical melodic death metal band originally from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2004, later relocating to Athens. Over two decades they have crafted technically demanding melodic death metal bridging Scandinavian and Hellenic traditions.
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