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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Dallas folk/melodic death metal band formed in 2014, merging Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with folk elements to craft an adventurous and epic-leaning sound rooted in the Texas metal underground.
San Francisco crossover thrash outfit active since 1998, drawing equally from Bay Area thrash tradition and hardcore punk to produce a fast, aggressive sound with strong street-level attitude.
Karlskrona's Swardh deliver power metal from the Blekinge naval port since 2022. Their Swedish surname-derived name channels personal identity into anthemic compositions of power metal from the Baltic coast.
Visby's Swarth pair doom and death metal from the medieval Gotland capital since 2020. Their archaic word meaning "sward" or "turf" and origins within the UNESCO-listed walled city channel the ancient earth beneath medieval stones into compositions of crushing heaviness.
Stockholm's Swaermmm grind mathcore from the Swedish capital since 2020. Their deliberately elongated swarm name channels the chaos of insect multitudes into compositions of mathematically precise, capital-city extremity.
Syanur plays thrash/death metal from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region, formed in 2022. Their name, a play on 'cyanure' (cyanide), signals the toxic intensity of their aggressive sonic cocktail.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania act formed in 2012 that began in gothic rock and metal before shifting toward a heavier combination of gothic, doom, and death metal, balancing atmospheric gloom with crushing low-register weight.
Arlington, Texas band formed in 2013 working in a heavy/thrash metal vein with hard rock influences, named after the famous multiple-personality case and suggesting a similarly multifaceted approach to heavy music.
St. Louis industrial gothic metal project active since 2013, fusing mechanized industrial textures with gothic metal's dark romanticism to produce a brooding and electronically charged sound.
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