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Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan heavy/thrash metal band blending traditional heavy metal groove and power with the speed and bite of classic thrash.
Howie Bentley's Kentucky-based power metal project, one of the most revered names in American true metal, delivering hyper-technical guitar work and epic sword-and-sorcery themes across albums like Born of the Cauldron and Legacy of Atlantean Kings.
Evansville, Indiana blackened death metal band steeped in horror and occult themes, drawing influence from early Possessed, Bathory, and old Morbid Angel.
Death metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
St. Louis experimental death metal and grindcore band leaning into bizarre humor and grotesque absurdity, mixing blasting grind violence with oddball genre detours.
Melodic death-black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Finnish capital.
Causa Mortal is a heavy metal band from Villa Ballester, in the San Martín district of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, formed in 2013. The band has performed at Argentine metal festivals including events organized by the Unión de Radios Metaleras, where they have played original material such as "Alumbrado, Barrido y Demencia" and "Privado de la Libertad". They represent the active grassroots heavy metal scene that has long flourished in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Technical death metal band from Belgium, formed in 2023, blending intricate riffing with groovy slam passages. Their debut 'Validation Through Suffering' explores a sci-fi narrative of cosmic exploitation across eight compositions, produced by Christian Donaldson.
Los Angeles crossover thrash band fusing raw street-punk aggression of hardcore with riff-heavy Bay Area thrash assault in the tradition of classic 1980s crossover.
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