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Caveira is a stoner metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2003. The band features a five-piece lineup and delivers a dark, heavy sound rooted in the stoner and doom traditions. They released the EP “Spine” in 2021, which was picked up by the Stoned Meadow of Doom YouTube channel and gained attention in the international underground stoner scene.
Cleveland's Caveman deliver unadorned death metal rooted in the early-90s American tradition — chunky riffs, blunt-force drumming, and guttural vocals that prioritize brute impact over complexity.
Miami's Caveman Cult play savage, bestial black/death metal combining South American war metal ferocity with Florida death metal density — relentless blastbeats, chainsaw-thick tremolo riffs, and zero regard for melody.
Black metal project from Sintra, the historic town near Lisbon, active since 2016. Cavemaster channels subterranean darkness from the misty hills of Sintra.
Groove and sludge metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver thick, heavy grooves and sludge-drenched riffs from the Elbe River city.
Brutal death metal project from Russia, formed in 2025. Cavemode delivers cavernous, punishing death metal.
Fort Wayne's Caver pursue a cold, atmospheric strain of black metal built on icy tremolo picking and vast, cavernous production, favoring a solitary, introspective tone.
Oakland, Maryland's Cavern blend progressive metal's structural ambition with sludge heaviness and thrash metal's rhythmic aggression, producing a genre-spanning sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and sheer sonic weight.
Doom metal act from Umeå in northern Sweden, formed in 2020. Cavern Deep crafts cavernous, old-school doom from the land of the midnight sun.
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