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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Ringing Bell emerged from Urbana, Illinois in 2024 as a new entry into the fertile American sludge/stoner/doom underground, layering tar-thick guitar tones over slow-burning, feedback-drenched compositions. Their sound sits at the intersection of psychedelic drift and heavy punishment — the kind of music that moves like molasses and hits like a wall. As a brand new band, they represent one of the freshest voices in the Midwest's heavy underground.
Heavy/power metal band from Crete, Greece, formed in 2024. Their Tolkien-referencing name accompanies classic heavy and power metal from the Mediterranean island.
Crushing Technical Deathcore from Bay Area, California (early); Texas (later).
Ringworm are a metalcore and hardcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, with origins tracing to 1989 under the name Force of Habit and formally operating as Ringworm from 1991. Blending first-wave black metal aesthetics with New York hardcore and thrash aggression, the band released multiple albums through Victory Records and have maintained their reputation as one of the most consistently punishing live acts in American hardcore over more than three decades.
Black metal project from Lecco, Italy, active since 2016. Named after the Nazgûl of Tolkien's legendarium, the project channels dark fantasy through black metal from the Lake Como shores.
Nashville's Rintrah has been cultivating a heavy, psychedelic doom sound since 2014, drawing from both the serpentine riff traditions of stoner metal and the meditative weight of doom. Metal Archives classifies them under psychedelic doom and stoner rock, and that breadth is audible — their music tends toward atmospheric, slow-rolling explorations rather than blunt force. In a city dominated by country and roots music, they represent something darker and heavier bubbling beneath the surface.
Richmond, Indiana's Riot Division have been channeling classic crossover thrash aggression since 2021, pulling from both the hardcore punk and metal traditions that defined the genre's 1980s peak. Their sound is punchy and fast — built for the pit, with riffs sharp enough to draw blood and tempos that leave no room to breathe. They're a lean, no-nonsense crossover act operating in a state with a quietly strong extreme music underground.
Riot Instinct is a thrash metal band from Bremen, the major port city in northern Germany, formed in 2017. The band delivers aggressive thrash from the Hanseatic city on the Weser river.
Riot of Violence is a melodic death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2011. The band delivers aggressive melodic death metal from the Catalan capital's thriving extreme metal scene.
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