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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Dance Devil Dance (Live at Sonic Temple) (2024)
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island groove and thrash metal band formed in 2015, combining the propulsive mid-tempo chug of groove metal with the riff-driven aggression of classic thrash.
Boden's Slowgate have evolved from heavy/thrash metal to groove metal/metalcore from the Norrbotten garrison city since 2023. Their measured-passage name channels the deliberate pace of restricted entry into compositions of military-town intensity.
Slowjoint deliver sludge metal from southern Denmark, building tar-thick compositions with the deliberate, heavy pace their name implies. Active since 2012, they bring crushing slowness to the Syddanmark region.
Chaparral, New Mexico melodic deathcore and metalcore band formed in 2012, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal guitar work with the breakdowns and dynamics of modern metalcore.
Slowmotion Downpour deliver melodic doom/death metal from Jyvaskyla, their evocative name perfectly capturing the gradual, drenching heaviness of their compositions. Active since 2011, they bring lakeland melancholy to the Finnish doom/death tradition.
Florida Southern metal and metalcore band whose Bandcamp handle references the number 666, merging the groove-heavy riffing of Southern metal with the aggressive breakdowns of metalcore.
Stoner/doom metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2019 by Lucas (guitar/vocals), Issac (guitar), Renata (bass), and Gabriel (drums). Their self-titled debut mini-album, released October 21, 2019 through Careless Records, contains five tracks including 'Any Street', 'Insomnia', and 'Witch'.
Pensacola, Florida stoner and doom metal band formed in 2013, named with wry humor and built on the bedrock of heavy, slow-burning fuzz riffs and psychedelic grooves of the Gulf Coast underground.
Portland, Oregon sludge and doom metal band formed in 2020, named after the Gaelic spirit of the restless dead and channeling that mythology into bleak, slow-grinding heaviness.
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