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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Tredstone is a thrash metal/metalcore band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2013. They fuse thrash metal's aggression with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
North Carolina groove and southern metal act formed in 2019, rooted in swampy, mid-tempo heaviness that leans on the humid weight of southern rock tradition without sacrificing the metallic punch. Their name is both boast and mission statement.
Tree of Sores is a progressive sludge metal/post-hardcore band from Leeds, active since 2010. Their music weaves together the crushing weight of sludge with the complexity of progressive structures and the emotional dynamics of post-hardcore.
Colorado Springs outfit blending death metal brutality, sludge's tar-thick low end, and grindcore's blunt violence into a dense, punishing whole since 2019. One of the heavier acts to emerge from the Colorado Springs scene.
New Haven stoner metal band formed in 2021, stacking fuzz-heavy riffs over lumbering rhythms with the unhurried confidence the name implies. Connecticut's underground scene gets a steady dose of psychedelic heaviness from these roots.
Bloomington, Illinois black and folk metal project active since 2021, weaving organic, nature-bound imagery into a harsh black metal framework with melodic and acoustic folk elements threaded throughout. A distinctive presence in the Illinois underground.
Treedeon is a sludge metal/noise rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend sludge metal's crushing weight with noise rock's abrasive textures.
Treedion is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2012. They combine progressive complexity with death and thrash metal's aggression.
Santa Cruz, California doom and sludge trio that has been cultivating slow, toxic heaviness since 2017, combining the crushing weight of doom with stoner haze and sludge's abrasive edge. Their Bandcamp handle hints at a UK-influenced atmosphere despite their West Coast roots.
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