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Melodic death metal band from Offenbach, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
New York's Clouds Taste Satanic are a fully instrumental post-doom unit that blends stoner rock, psychedelia, and Bongripper-style heaviness into extended, hypnotic compositions. Active since 2013 and releasing prolifically, including a 2026 live-in-studio album through Kinda Like Music, they've become one of Brooklyn's most distinctive doom exports.
Helsingborg progressive/power metal act active since 2013, crafting ambitious compositions that blend technical precision with melodic grandeur. Their sound bridges the accessibility of power metal with progressive rock's structural complexity.
Oakland's Cloudstone operate at the intersection of black metal and doom, crafting a sound rooted in the Bay Area's rich tradition of heavy underground music. Their music leans into atmosphere and darkness without sacrificing weight.
Long Beach, California's Cloven deal in funeral doom and sludge metal, building songs around glacially slow tempos and crushing heaviness. Active since 2015, they've released material through Midnite Collective, including their acclaimed full-length Blackened Wings.
NWOBHM power-heavy metal band from Wolverhampton, England. Originally formed in the early 1980s, Cloven Hoof are legendary NWOBHM stalwarts who helped define the British heavy metal sound.
Progressive death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from the Greek capital.
Brooklyn's Clovis play a wall-of-sound doom and stoner rock blend steeped in grunge and classic heavy riffing. Their self-titled LP documents a band content to let the volume speak for itself.
A Flint, Michigan act working across melodic death metal, thrash, and straight death metal, Clovis bring a midwest blue-collar grit to their extreme metal sound. Their approach draws on the long lineage of Michigan's underground metal heritage.
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