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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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The Crescent is a gothic/death metal band from the Neustadt/Klingberg/Futterkamp area of Germany, formed in 2019. They blend gothic metal's dark atmosphere with death metal's aggression.
The Crestfallen is a melodic death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic death metal from the Franconian capital.
Virginia Beach's The Crimson Electric have been fusing Southern metal's bluesy swagger with the slow, narcotic weight of stoner metal since 2007, a combination that suits their coastal Virginia setting more than it might seem. Their music has a humid, road-worn quality to it — the kind that suggests long drives down flat coastal highways with the volume turned all the way up.
The Critical Failure from Alessandria deliver progressive metal exploring the concept of catastrophic system breakdown since 2018. Their Piedmontese base channels engineering-failure themes through technically ambitious arrangements.
The Cromptons is a death/thrash 'n' roll and doom/sludge metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012. They blend the grooves of thrash 'n' roll with doom and sludge's crushing weight.
Born in 2024 in Sparta, New Jersey, The Crooked Skulls trade in stoner metal that leans as much on rock's loose, swinging feel as on anything crushing. Their recent arrival means they're still defining their sound, but the stoner metal and rock foundation points toward a band more interested in atmosphere and groove than spectacle.
Los Angeles' The Crooked Whispers navigate the overlap between doom and sludge metal with a sound that channels the city's long history of heavy, slow-burn underground music. Formed in 2020, they traffic in the kind of grim, feedback-soaked weight that bands like the Melvins and Saint Vitus made foundational — updated for an era with no patience for artifice.
Doom/death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, founded in 1990 by Eduardo "Slayer" Mota and widely documented as the first doom metal band in Brazil. Their 1993 demo The Fall sold approximately 5,000 copies, and after a lengthy hiatus the band returned to release the self-titled debut album in February 2017 followed by Act II: Walls of the Forgotten (2022, Pitch Black Records), which features guest vocals from Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride.
Indie sludge band from Lausanne in Switzerland's French-speaking region. Their catalog includes the releases Conjure, Horde, and Fuel! Flames! Blast!, blending sludge metal weight with indie rock sensibility.
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