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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Virginia-based solo black metal project Shoushitsu, formed in 2020, channels cold and uncompromising atmospheres through a raw, minimalist approach rooted in the harshest traditions of the genre.
Shovel dig through sludge and doom metal from Berlin, their workman-like name perfectly suiting the heavy, grinding labor of their music. Formed in 2019, they channel the raw, earthy heaviness that defines the genre.
Phoenix, Arizona's Shovel Monster arrived in 2022 delivering groove metal built for the desert Southwest — locked-in riffs, stomping rhythms, and a no-frills heaviness that owes as much to blue-collar grit as it does to the genre's peak-era swagger.
Florida-based metalcore act Shovelhead have been grinding since 2013, delivering the aggressive riff-and-breakdown formula of the genre with a regional hardness that reflects the state's densely competitive heavy music circuit.
Anderson, South Carolina's Shovelhead take the metalcore blueprint and bend it toward progressive territory, weaving technical ambition and melodic complexity through their work since forming in 2013.
Plainville, Connecticut's Shovelhead work the intersection of classic heavy metal and thrash, drawing on old-school hard rock energy and driving riff craft that favors straightforward muscle over modern production polish.
Richmond, Virginia's Shovelhead A.D., formed in 2024, come out swinging with a groove-and-thrash hybrid that suits the city's fertile underground metal history — heavy, mid-paced punishment with an emphasis on riff momentum.
Shovell channel doom and stoner metal from Barcelona, building heavy, riff-driven compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring digging-deep heaviness to the Catalan underground.
Saint Petersburg's Show Me a Dinosaur blend black metal and post-metal since 2011. Over a decade, their childlike-wonder name has yielded compositions that merge atmospheric expansiveness with the weight of extinction.
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