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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Death metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, founded in 2011 by guitarist Gustavo Cacezi and bassist Bruno Avenoso. The lineup expanded to include vocalist Marco Saturnino and drummer Osmar Jr, and the band released a self-titled recording in March 2015 followed by the EP O Templo da Cegueira in October 2020, the latter recorded live at Estudio Badaroska in São Paulo.
Shelby Township, Michigan death/thrash metal band formed in 2017, combining the brutality of death metal with the kinetic energy and riffing density of thrash.
Peoria, Illinois metalcore band formed in 2024, contributing to the Midwest's growing metalcore underground with a sound built on heavy breakdowns and melodic tension.
Black metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2019, inhabiting a city with a surprisingly active extreme metal underground with a focused black metal approach.
Wichita, Kansas stoner and doom metal band formed in 2020, combining the hazy, riff-heavy grooves of stoner rock with the slow, crushing weight of doom metal.
Technical death metal band from the Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia area with roots dating to 1994, bringing decades of experience to a genre demanding precision and brutality in equal measure.
Orlando, Florida doom and industrial metal band formed in 1994, marrying the mechanical coldness of industrial metal with the heavy, slow-burning atmosphere of doom.
Progressive death metal band from Reading, Pennsylvania, formed in 2025, combining the technicality and compositional scope of progressive metal with death metal's extreme foundation.
Razor-sharp Speed / Thrash / Heavy Metal out of Texas.
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