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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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SnowBlind play heavy and thrash metal from Jerez de la Frontera, the Andalusian sherry capital. Formed in 2020, their Sabbath-referencing name and dual-genre approach bring classic metal spirit to the sun-drenched south of Spain.
Arkhangelsk's Snowborn pair stoner and doom metal from Russia's Arctic White Sea port since 2017. Their winter-birth name and subarctic origins channel the frozen landscapes of the Russian north into compositions of glacially paced heaviness.
Snowchain craft progressive metal from Rothenthurm, building elaborate compositions that showcase technical musicianship and dynamic songwriting. Their Alpine origins lend a distinctive backdrop to their ambitious approach to the genre.
Snowgarden craft melodic death metal from Helsinki, combining Scandinavian melodeath with the frost-flower imagery their winter-garden name suggests. Active since 2016, they bring crystalline melody to the Finnish capital.
Gothenburg's Snowy Shaw have been a fixture of Swedish heavy metal since 2004, helmed by the multi-instrumentalist known for his work with King Diamond, Therion, and numerous other prominent acts. His solo project channels decades of genre expertise into compositions of varied, theatrical heaviness.
Los Angeles grindcore band active since 1996, one of the longer-running acts in the Southern California extreme underground, committed to the blast-beat intensity of the genre across their career.
California sludge metal band formed in 1996, dealing in the slow, crushing heaviness and feedback-drenched abrasion that defines the West Coast sludge tradition.
Dubuque, Iowa outfit blending doom, stoner, and groove metal into a thick, riff-driven sound since 2016, sitting at the intersection of hazy heaviness and hard-swinging momentum.
Albuquerque brutal death metal and grindcore act formed in 2020, delivering relentlessly punishing extremity rooted in the Southwest underground scene.
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