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Let You Go (2024)
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Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2024)
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De Doorn (Alternate Mix) (2022)
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Stoner metal act from Amsterdam, formed in 2021. Cervus — Latin for 'deer' — delivers heavy stoner grooves from the Dutch capital.
Death-sludge metal band from Vannes in Brittany, France, formed in 2018. They merge death metal aggression with sludge weight from the Morbihan coast.
Black metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2019. They channel radioactive darkness through atmospheric black metal from the Finnish Savo region.
Black metal project from Poznań, formed in 2021. Cesja — Polish for 'cession' — crafts dark black metal from Greater Poland.
Black metal and grindcore act from Vicenza, formed in 2023. Cesoia — Italian for 'shears' — cuts through with sharp, chaotic extremity from the Veneto region.
Cessation is a San Diego, California funeral doom metal band crafting extraordinarily slow, grief-laden compositions built on crushing low-end riffs and bleak, suffocating atmosphere. Their work sits at the extreme end of the doom spectrum, prioritizing heaviness and despair over accessibility.
Death-thrash metal band from Meyzieu near Lyon, France, active since 2011. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Rhone Valley.
Cesspool is an Atlanta, Georgia death metal band delivering the putrid, guttural brutality that defines the American underground death metal tradition. Their sound emphasizes raw, filthy aggression with thick, down-tuned riffing.
Crushing Death Metal from Dallas.
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