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Proof (2024)
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The Early Years (2014)
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A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk (2007)
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Heavy metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Castle Mountain brings traditional metal energy to the Portuguese capital.
Czech black metal project formed in 2023. They create atmospheric, solitary black metal exploring themes of isolation and desolation.
Brooklyn's Castle Rat play heavy, atmospheric doom with a dark, occult-tinged aesthetic, built around droning guitar work and vocals that carry a gothic, sepulchral weight.
Castle Ultra from Rancho Cucamonga blend melodic death metal's harmonic richness with metalcore's structural dynamics, layering clean melodic passages against heavier, breakdown-driven sections.
Salt Lake City's Castleaxe play high-octane speed metal with a traditional heavy metal heart, built on twin guitar harmonies, galloping rhythms, and an unapologetically retro sensibility.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Manosque in Provence, France, formed in 2023. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Michigan's Castles in Spain weave power metal's melodic grandeur into a progressive framework, favoring elaborate song structures and dynamic shifts over pure speed or blunt aggression.
Castleumbra is a death metal band from Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, active since 2007 and signed to Obliteration Records. Drawing heavily on Cthulhu Mythos themes, the band has released two full-lengths: Cthulu Wgah'nagl Fntagn and Nammu Tammtu, the latter recorded at One Pot Music and featuring cover art by Arturo Vargas. Their sound draws on the cosmic horror traditions of the genre.
Castlevania is a Brazilian power metal band formed in 2004, featuring Gabriel on guitar and bass, Julia on vocals and keyboards, Rayana on guitar, and César on vocals. The band draws heavy thematic inspiration from dark fantasy and the Castlevania video game series, and released their debut demo Castle of Power in 2006, which included a cover of the iconic track "Bloody Tears" from Castlevania II. Their music has been described as epic, free-flowing power/speed metal with fluid and dynamic songwriting.
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