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Madness (2017)
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De Doorn (Alternate Mix) (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Baton Rouge's Cea Serin were a technically proficient progressive metal act combining intricate, jazz-influenced guitar work with the melodic ambition of bands like Fates Warning and Symphony X.
Death-doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2017. They combine the crushing heaviness of doom with the aggression of death metal from the Rhine Valley.
Groove and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They blend heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzz-laden sound.
Ceasefire is a power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose lineup features vocalist Horacio Alippi, guitarist César Delgado, bassist Andreas Alippi, keyboardist Daniel Tkach, and drummer Pablo Nardelli. The band has been active in Buenos Aires' metal scene since the early 2000s, releasing a demo in 2005 and continuing to develop their melodic, keyboard-driven power metal sound over the following years. Their blend of soaring vocals and dynamic arrangements places them firmly within the Latin American power metal tradition.
Black metal project from Umeå, formed in 2017. Ceaseless Discharge — a Dark Souls reference — channels atmospheric black metal from northern Sweden.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver relentless, fast-paced thrash from the Finnish capital.
Heavy metal band from Seinajoki, Finland, active since 2009. They forge classic heavy metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Toccoa, Georgia's Cebo))) operate in the drone-sludge tradition the triple-parenthesis suffix implies, building slow, bass-heavy walls of sound from repetitive, ritualistic riffing and cavernous low-end resonance.
Alliance, Ohio's Cebog push black metal into experimental and abstract territory, using the genre's harshness as a starting point for dissonant, structurally unconventional compositions.
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