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The Red Chord formed in Revere, Massachusetts in 1999 and carved out a distinctive position in extreme metal by combining death metal brutality, grindcore velocity, and metallic hardcore chaos in a way that presaged the deathcore genre before that term solidified. Their 2002 debut Fused Together in Revolving Doors introduced a fanbase to their erratic, high-density approach, and Clients (2005) sold over 50,000 copies in the United States. Prey for Eyes (2007) and Fed Through the Teeth Machine (2009) both charted on the Billboard 200. After a period of inactivity beginning around 2015, the band returned to live performance in 2022.
Stoner metal band founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2013 by guitarist and vocalist Christiano Vieira. After Vieira relocated to Portugal in 2022 and rebuilt the band there, The Red Crow released their debut album Spellbound in January 2025 on Sodeh Records, a ten-track record drawing on Black Sabbath and Red Fang.
Middleburg, Florida's The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus broke through with 'Face Down,' an anti-domestic-violence anthem that became one of the biggest rock singles of 2006 and propelled their debut 'Don't You Fake It' to gold certification. Ronnie Winter's impassioned vocal delivery and the band's knack for balancing pop-punk accessibility with post-hardcore bite made them staples of the Warped Tour circuit.
El Paso, Texas metalcore outfit formed in 2013 whose sound extends well beyond genre convention, incorporating progressive metal complexity, ambient atmospheric passages, and diverse influences ranging from Meshuggah and Between the Buried and Me to Deftones and Sigur Ros. The band has shared stages with Six Feet Under, Ringworm, and Caliban, and represents one of the more texturally adventurous acts to emerge from the Southwest's underground metal circuit.
Blackened heavy metal band from Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, self-described as delivering blackened heavy metal with conviction. Their 2024 album Greatest Hits was mastered by Arthur Rizk and spans themes from Viking imagery and satanic occultism to sci-fi narratives.
The Reefer Wizard is a one-man doom/stoner metal project from Ranst, Belgium, built on fuzz-heavy riffs, pounding bass, and a self-described mission to 'fling listeners into different dimensions.' The project's 2020 EP Cultus — available free on Bandcamp — distills the stoner doom aesthetic into three tracks of psychedelic, acid-drenched heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Gomel, Belarus, with a small catalog of songs including 'Rogue States,' 'Tall Tales,' and '1991' available on their Bandcamp page. The track title '1991' suggests a band with an awareness of the momentous political events that defined post-Soviet Belarus, potentially threading historical and political themes through their metal framework. The band operates independently within the Belarusian heavy metal underground.
Seattle progressive thrash outfit formed in 2017, weaving technical riffing and syncopated rhythmic complexity into a framework that keeps one foot firmly in old-school aggression. Their approach rewards repeated listens as new layers of compositional detail surface with each spin.
The Rest of Us Is Dead is a groove metal/hard rock band from Schmölln, Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy groove metal with hard rock accessibility.
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