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People Watching (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Peoria, Illinois metalcore band with roots going back to 2006, one of the longer-running acts in a Midwest metalcore scene that has produced consistently hard-working bands far from the coasts. Their extended tenure in the subgenre reflects a commitment to the aggressive, dynamic songwriting at metalcore's core.
The Seven Gates from Mâcon in Burgundy deliver death and progressive metal that opens portals of escalating complexity since 2009. Over fifteen years from the Saône-et-Loire wine country, they have crafted compositions that pass through successive gates of technical ambition.
The Seven Hills is a heavy metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2018. They deliver classic heavy metal with strong riffs and melodic hooks from the Croatian capital.
Black metal one-man band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2011 and entirely the work of Igor Goularth, who handles all instruments and vocals. After an early English-language EP, the project shifted to Portuguese with Capítulo I: Ruínas (July 2021) and continued the conceptual series with Capítulo II: Oceano.
The Shadeless Emperor is an epic/melodic death metal band from Larissa, active since 2013. Their regal name suits the grandiose scope of their melodic death metal, blending epic atmospheres with aggressive precision.
The Shadows of Ithaca is a heavy metal band from Kavala in northern Greece, formed in 2023. Named after Odysseus' legendary homeland, their music channels the mythic grandeur of Homer through traditional heavy metal.
Seattle doom metal band formed in 2014, occupying the slower, noisier edge where doom metal bleeds into noise rock — a corner of the sound that feels appropriate given Seattle's long history with both heavy and abrasive music. Their material is dissonant and unhurried.
Technical Progressive Metal out of Texas.
The Shrine formed in Los Angeles, California in 2008, describing their sound as "Psychedelic Violence Rock and Roll" — a blend of California stoner rock, skate punk, and heavy metal rooted in raw fuzz guitar and high-energy live performance. Their debut self-titled EP (2011) was produced by Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski, lending immediate underground credibility, and Primitive Blast (2012) and Bless Off (2014) built their reputation further on Tee Pee Records. Rare Breed (2015), released on Century Media, broadened their reach while maintaining the band's unpolished aesthetic. Their appeal crosses the heavy metal and punk underground equally.
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