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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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To Serve Man (2002)
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Lakeland, Florida death metal band playing in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied brutal death metal underground.
Quincy, Massachusetts atmospheric black metal act weaving cold, expansive textures into a raw black metal framework, drawing on the ambient and nature-oriented wing of the genre.
Cleveland, Ohio heavy and power metal band channeling the melodic, anthem-driven energy of classic American power metal.
Los Angeles, California band blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the riff aggression of thrash, resulting in a melodically charged and technically driven sound.
Cerberus was a death/thrash metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 1995. The band operated as an independent act and is documented on Metal Archives, where their themes are listed as covering suffering, death, and personal anguish. The group eventually split up, leaving behind a small body of independent recordings.
Cerberus Attack is a thrash metal band formed in 2009 in the São Mateus district of São Paulo, drawing heavily on 1980s American and European thrash influences. They released their debut full-length "From East With Hate" in 2017, followed by "Abyss of Lost Souls" in 2021 on Thrash or Death Records. The band has shared the stage with international acts such as Vio-Lence and Exhorder at the Kool Metal Fest in São Paulo.
Melodic death metal band from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England, formed in 2016. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the English Home Counties.
Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.
Doom and sludge metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing, oppressive doom-sludge from the French capital.
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