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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Detroit's The Watchers merge the corrosive weight of sludge with windswept atmospheric black metal, building bleak, layered soundscapes that reflect the industrial grimness of their city — a project that has been refining this collision of extremes since 2016.
Livermore, California's The Watchers traffic in heavy and stoner metal rooted in classic riff craft, blending the fuzzy, blues-tinged warmth of stoner rock with traditional metal muscle — a Bay Area outfit keeping an analog, no-nonsense approach since 2016.
The Water Witch from Yorkshire craft progressive black metal channeling the folklore of the water witch — a figure who divines hidden currents — since 2012. Over a decade of compositions from the Yorkshire moors has produced music as mysterious and powerful as the dowser's craft.
One of Connecticut's longer-running extreme acts, Bridgeport's The Way of All Flesh have been weaving progressive complexity into melodic death metal since 2005 — intricate arrangements and emotional dynamics that push far beyond the genre's standard templates.
The Way We Are is a metalcore band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2022. They deliver modern metalcore with heavy grooves, dynamic song structures, and aggressive energy.
Chaotic punk spectacle from Denton.
Stoner/doom duo from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, formed in 2017 by Souza (vocals, guitar) and Castro (vocals, bass), later expanding to a trio with the addition of drummer Mitchell. Their debut release Pigs (November 2017), recorded at Underworld Homestudio, runs two tracks of heavy, psychedelic riffing drawing on Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd.
Austin power trio blending knotty prog, punk, and bluesy doom rock.
Melodic metalcore from Dallas.
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