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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/15 @ Palladium Times Square, New York City
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Baltimore, Maryland blackened sludge metal outfit formed in 2013, notable for incorporating jazz improvisation into their otherwise abrasive blend of black metal and sludge.
Snakegod deliver melodic heavy metal from Tampere, channeling serpent-deity worship through hook-driven compositions. Active since 2016, they bring ophidian melody to the Pirkanmaa metal scene.
Miami, Florida doom metal and punk band formed in 2015, dragging the crusty rawness of punk into slow, feedback-drenched doom territory with a deliberately abrasive edge.
Gothenburg's Snakemass practice black metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2013. Their ophidian-congregation name channels the gathering of serpents into over a decade of atmospheric compositions from the West Coast.
San Francisco progressive doom metal band formed in 2023, crafting elaborate, slowly unfolding compositions that wed psychedelic atmosphere with heavy, deliberate riffing.
Snakeriders deliver sludge metal from an undisclosed Swedish location. Their serpent-mounted name channels the mythic act of riding snakes into compositions of thick, reptilian heaviness.
Los Angeles sludge, drone, and doom metal band formed in 2020, specializing in oppressively heavy, low-frequency material at the extreme end of the California doom underground.
San Antonio, Texas thrash and crossover band formed in 2014, delivering hard-charging riffs and a raw intensity consistent with the city's long-running extreme metal tradition.
Snakewine forge heavy and thrash metal from the Thuringian town of Saalfeld, combining classic metal foundations with thrash's aggressive edge. Active since 2015, they bring their serpentine sound to the eastern German underground.
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