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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Deventer's Slechtvalk channel black metal from the Overijssel river city since their re-emergence in 2024. Named for the peregrine falcon in Dutch, their raptor identity suits music of diving, predatory intensity.
Bowling Green, Ohio heavy metal band active since 2016, rooted in traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on direct, no-frills power riffing. Sledge represent the working-class Midwest metal aesthetic — straightforward, heavy, and unapologetic.
Death metal outfit from Saugerties, New York formed in 2021, bringing a stripped-down, unpretentious approach to the genre against the backdrop of the Hudson Valley underground. Sledge Wolf favor raw aggression and direct songwriting over technical excess.
Blackened death/thrash metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, active from 2003. The band released two demos — 'Bless the Plague' in 2003 and 'Third World Guerrilla Mothafuckers!!!' in 2005 — with a lineup of Marcello Marzari on bass and vocals, Ed Storm and Ronaldo Lima on guitars, and Sandro Moreira on drums before splitting up.
Sledgedown groove through heavy, rhythmic metal from Nymburk, emphasizing mid-tempo impact and headbang-inducing riffing. Their central Bohemian outfit channels groove metal's propulsive, riff-centric approach.
Vicious Thrash / Power Metal from San Antonio.
Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 2017, operating in the tradition of classic heavy metal with Southern California's characteristic blend of hard rock influence and metallic punch. Their music carries the spirit of the city's deep metal lineage without chasing modern trends.
Hoogeveen's Sledgehammer Nosejob pair death and thrash metal from the Drenthe countryside since 2013. Their cartoonishly violent name channels absurdist brutality into compositions of genuine, face-rearranging force.
Legendary San Jose stoner/doom metal institution formed in 1992, Sleep defined a generation of slow, cannabis-scorched heaviness with records like Holy Mountain and the monolithic single-track Dopesmoker. Their hypnotic, Sabbath-descended dirges became the blueprint for an entire strain of heavy, riff-obsessed music that continues to resonate worldwide.
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