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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Stolen Soul blend metalcore, melodic death, and groove metal from the Basque town of Mungia, creating a versatile aggressive sound. Formed in 2024, they bring soul-theft intensity to the Basque heavy music scene.
San Diego technical thrash metal band founded in 2007, channeling the precision and aggression of the Bay Area thrash tradition into tightly constructed, technically demanding compositions.
San Diego heavy metal project formed in 2021, rooted in classic metal traditions and operating within the active Southern California underground metal scene.
Heerenveen's Stoma grind from the Frisian town since 2013. Their medical name referencing surgical openings and their northern Dutch origins channel clinical imagery into bursts of grindcore extremity.
Santa Rosa, California thrash and groove metal band formed in 2021, combining the crunch of groove-oriented riffing with the speed and energy of Bay Area thrash.
Geneva, Illinois drone, doom, and sludge metal band formed in 2021, layering oppressive sonic weight across slow, cavernous compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy experimentalism.
Salem, Massachusetts doom and death metal project active since 2013, marrying the crawling heaviness of doom with death metal's darkness in a town historically associated with the macabre.
Rancho Cucamonga, California band formed in 2017 that merges death metal, thrash, and metalcore influences into an aggressive style rooted in the Inland Empire's active extreme metal underground.
Stonaut channel stoner and groove metal from Helsinki, building heavy, rhythmic compositions with astronaut-themed cosmic exploration. Formed in 2022, they bring orbital stoner grooves to the Finnish capital.
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