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Breaking the Will of God (2020)
Featured Death/Doom Album
Death & Darkness: 2010-2012 (Remastered) (2014)
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Featured Brutal Album
Eternity Denied (2017)
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Portland, Maine band Chäpels combine the aggression of crust punk with the dragging weight of sludge metal, creating rough-edged, anarchic noise that hits hard and moves fast. Their sound is raw and confrontational, indebted to both Discharge and Eyehategod.
Chicago death/doom veterans Cianide have been crushing spines since the early 1990s, delivering some of the heaviest and most uncompromising music in the American underground. Their sound — slow, filthy, and utterly determined — has influenced a generation of death metal bands.
Thrash metal band from Leffe in Bergamo province, active since 2005. Cianotica has been delivering aggressive thrash from the Lombardy valleys for two decades.
Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver powerful, riff-driven heavy metal from the German capital.
Melodic death metal project from the small town of Kungsor formed in 2020, weaving melodic sophistication through aggressive frameworks. Their approach carries the emotional range characteristic of Scandinavian melodeath.
Hesperia, California death metal band Cicada Swarm pile on savage riffs and hammering rhythms in the tradition of American brutality. Their sound is straightforward and crushing, built around the kind of riff density that defines underground death metal.
Madison, Wisconsin solo project Cicada the Burrower weaves post-black metal and progressive metal into elaborate, emotionally turbulent compositions that range from serene to overwhelming. The project's releases on Bindrune Recordings have earned widespread underground recognition for their depth and originality.
St. Louis death/thrash outfit Cicatrix blend the punishing velocity of thrash with the heaviness of death metal, delivering razor-sharp riffs and aggressive rhythmic attack. Their sound sits in the classic crossover tradition between the two genres.
Auburn, Washington groove/thrash metal band Cicatrix lock into heavy mid-tempo grooves underpinned by tightly coiled thrash riffing and punchy production. Their approach favors rhythmic impact and head-down momentum.
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