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Liber Damnatus - Psalm I - Split 7'EP (Black Edition) (2019)
Featured melodic death metal Album
Purified by Vengeance (feat. Mark Holcomb of Periphery & Mick Gordon)
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Featured crossover thrash Album
California Cursed (2020)
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Spring Hill, Florida heavy metal band delivering classic metal riffs with a nod to the genre's foundational power and melody. They carry the torch for traditional heavy metal in Florida's underground scene.
Symphonic blackened death-deathcore act from Chelyabinsk in the Urals, active since 2015. Coated with Filth merges orchestral elements with a volatile mix of extreme subgenres.
Cobalto was a thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The band's lyrical themes encompassed politics, evil, and darkness, and they released the album "Elemental" on Torto Fono Gramas before eventually splitting up. They are listed on Metal Archives as a defunct act.
Heavy metal band from Toulouse, France, active since 2007. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Pink City of southwestern France.
Grindcore band from Leeds, England, formed in 2023. They deliver chaotic grinding fury from Yorkshire.
Black-thrash act from Kristiansand, active since 2012. Cobolt 60 — named after the radioactive isotope — delivers toxic, high-energy blackened thrash.
Heavy metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Cobra are veterans of the Berlin heavy metal scene.
Heavy metal band from Kuortane, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver classic heavy metal energy from the rural Ostrobothnian countryside.
Minneapolis death-doom outfit Cobra Czar pair crushing low-end heaviness with groove-driven swagger and mid-paced menace. They occupy a filthy intersection of groove metal and death metal that hits hard in the Twin Cities underground.
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