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Black metal band from New Hampshire, formed in 2025, part of a new wave of American black metal acts pursuing a raw, unadorned approach to the genre.
Toledo, Ohio experimental and progressive death metal band formed in 2015, pushing the genre toward unconventional structures and sonic exploration while retaining death metal's core intensity.
SubOrbital craft technical death metal from Moers in the Lower Rhine region, building mathematically precise compositions from the North Rhine-Westphalia industrial landscape. Formed in 2022, they bring space-themed tech-death to the Ruhr periphery.
Subordination deliver melodic death and thrash metal from the Ostrobothnian town of Nivala, combining harmonic sophistication with aggressive velocity. Active since 2012, they bring obedient fury to the western Finnish scene.
Salt Lake City doom, sludge, and stoner metal band formed in 2006, widely acclaimed for their distinctive sound that incorporates violin and viola alongside crushing heaviness, earning considerable recognition with albums such as No Help for the Mighty Ones and More Constant Than the Gods.
SubRose are a symphonic metal band from Iquique, Chile, formed in 2008, built around a science fiction concept narrative following a character named Alexandrehia, the last survivor of the human race after Earth's destruction. The band released three full-length albums between 2016 and 2018 — The Escape, The Planet of Darkness, and Center of the Galaxy — each advancing the saga through cinematic orchestration and melodic metal compositions.
SubRose are a symphonic metal band from Iquique, Chile, formed in 2008, built around a science fiction concept narrative following a character named Alexandrehia, the last survivor of the human race after Earth's destruction. The band released three full-length albums between 2016 and 2018 — The Escape, The Planet of Darkness, and Center of the Galaxy — each advancing the saga through cinematic orchestration and melodic metal compositions.
Oklahoma City band formed in 2014 that splices together thrash metal, grindcore, and doom into a chaotic and deliberately genre-defying hybrid rooted in the Oklahoma underground.
Hudiksvall's Subscaria deliver melodic death metal from the Halsingland coast since 2015. Their enigmatic name and origins in the province famed for its UNESCO-listed decorated farmhouses channel northern Swedish heritage into over a decade of melodic intensity.
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