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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Madison, Wisconsin post-metal and sludge project. Geographic completeness — every line of longitude — from the Midwest's most progressive college town.
Vinton, Louisiana black metal project drawing from the swamplands of Cajun country. Two releases of raw, lo-fi black metal that feel haunted by the bayou humidity and Southern Gothic atmosphere.
All My Sins practices black metal from Pančevo near Belgrade since 2004. Over two decades of activity, their confessional name has guided a sustained exploration of guilt and darkness from this Banat industrial city.
All of My Shadows creates melodic death metal from Belluno in the Dolomite foothills as of 2025, their introspective name suggesting a confrontation with one's darker selves. This Alpine Veneto setting, surrounded by some of Europe's most dramatic peaks, informs their atmospheric melodicism.
Wausau, Wisconsin groove metal/metalcore act delivering hook-driven heaviness from the upper Midwest. A small-town band punching above their weight with polished production and anthemic songwriting.
Newburgh, New York metalcore veterans who helped define the metallic hardcore sound of the late 90s. Celestial Rot continues their legacy of punishing, mosh-ready aggression decades into their career.
Boston supergroup pulling members from Converge, The Hope Conspiracy, and Bloodhorse. Their grinding, blackened hardcore strips any pretense of melody in favor of pure, seething aggression across a substantial discography.
All Seeing Eyes merges heavy and progressive metal from Hertfordshire since 2020, their omniscient name reflecting compositions that survey the full breadth of the metal landscape. Their Home Counties origins feed a sound of panoramic ambition.
Oakland, California deathcore pioneers and one of the genre's most influential acts. Their technical, melodically sophisticated approach helped elevate deathcore beyond simple breakdown worship.
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