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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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The King Live In Paris (24-bit HD Audio) (2024)
05/02 @ The Clyde Theatre - Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Black metal project from Plymouth, Minnesota exploring themes of nature, death, and anti-Christianity with a raw, misanthropic edge.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania outfit blending thrash, stoner metal, and punk with a lycanthropic/Satanic thematic bent, active from 2007 until their split-up.
San Diego raw black metal solo project formed in 2015, channeling misanthropy and ritual philosophy through the grey wolf as metaphor.
Canis Lupus is a black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, currently on hold. The band's lyrical themes revolve around anti-religion, philosophy, and paganism, and they have released two EPs — "Join the Pack" and "Burn Again" (2014) — showcasing a raw, traditional black metal approach. Their music is available on Bandcamp under the handle canislupus666.
Death-doom act from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast, formed in 2024. Canis Majoris — named after the constellation containing the Dog Star — channels cosmic doom from Poland's northern port city.
Minnesota death metal act formed around 2024 with a focus on serial killer themes, sitting squarely in the brutal underground.
Richmond, Virginia death metal act launched in 2006 as a marijuana-themed parody of Cannibal Corpse and classic death metal, featuring Phil from Municipal Waste.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania slam/brutal death metal and goregrind band taking their name from the 1980 horror film and operating in the extreme underground.
Rockford, Illinois death metal band from the 1990s whose gore- and torment-driven aesthetic placed them firmly in the brutal death underground before their split-up.
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