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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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The Dystopian Project is a progressive metal act from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2015. They explore complex compositions and dynamic arrangements within a progressive metal framework.
The Eagle Signal from Aubagne near Marseille deliver post-metal infused with crust punk's raw energy since 2024. Their military-referencing name drives compositions that signal the charge from Provence's rugged Mediterranean coast.
The Earls of Mars is a doom metal/psychedelic/progressive rock band from Hampshire, active since 2012. Their music blends the crushing weight of doom with psychedelic exploration and progressive structures, creating a cosmic and heavy sonic journey.
Elgin, Illinois's The Eldritch Grimoire draw from the Scandinavian melodic death metal playbook and forge it into something harder and more structurally complex through the addition of metalcore's rhythmic aggression and breakdown architecture. Formed in 2018, they pursue the kind of melodically dense, technically demanding metal that requires both chops and compositional care. The name — evoking arcane knowledge — suits a band that treats heavy music as something to be studied and mastered.
Kenosha, Wisconsin's The Electric Hellfire Club are one of the most distinctive acts to emerge from the early 1990s industrial metal movement, fusing sinister occult imagery with the grinding electronics and mechanized rhythms that defined the era's darkest side. Founded in 1993 and still active over three decades later, they've outlasted nearly every peer from that era, remaining committed to the confrontational intersection of industrial noise and heavy metal. Their longevity is a testament to a vision that was always too specific and too uncompromising to be co-opted by the mainstream.
The Elysian Fields is a melodic death/black metal band from Athens, active since 1998. Named after the paradise of Greek mythology, their nearly three decades of activity make them one of the more enduring melodic extreme metal acts in the Greek scene.
The Enchanted is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Bradford, West Yorkshire, formed in 2019. Their music combines melodic guitar work with the aggressive tempos of thrash, delivering a potent hybrid from the north of England.
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The End A.D. formed in Philadelphia in 2016, fusing the bone-crushing low-end of groove metal with the frantic urgency of hardcore punk. The collision yields a punishing, mid-paced aggression built for small rooms and sweaty pits, where the two worlds have always overlapped most naturally. Their sound channels the blue-collar ferocity the City of Brotherly Love's underground has been producing for decades.
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