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Raw black metal project from Portugal formed in 2021. Wheel of Torture channels medieval punishment imagery through lo-fi raw black metal.
Industrial, sludge, and post-metal band from Nancy, France active from 2009 to 2021, featuring members Fabien W. Furter, Maxime Hanné, Florian Rambour, and others. Their sound drew comparisons to Neurosis and Godflesh, with their 2020 concept album mastered by James Plotkin exploring themes of societal collapse and class warfare.
Heavy metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2018. Wheelrunner channels the power and drive of classic heavy metal from the Athenian scene.
Melodic death metal band from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany active since 2021 with releases including A Spark Of Somber Light and Weltanschauung. Their sound balances somber atmospheric passages with the melodic aggression of the Gothenburg school.
Longmont, Colorado's When Darkness Falls formed in 2017 at the crossroads of melodic death metal and metalcore, a pairing that the Front Range scene has proven particularly adept at sustaining. Their sound draws on the melodic death tradition's twin obligations — genuine hookcraft and real ferocity — while metalcore's structural clarity gives it the accessibility that makes the genre stick. Colorado's altitude, it turns out, suits this kind of intensity.
Heavy metal band from Leeds, England active since 2013. When Idols Fall delivers powerful heavy metal from the heart of West Yorkshire.
Symphonic deathcore outfit from Aarschot, Belgium blending orchestral grandeur with brutal heaviness across releases like An Unbiblical Paradigm, Tutor Of The Dying, and Shrine Of Hatred. Their sound merges death metal ferocity and deathcore breakdowns with cinematic symphonic arrangements.
Melodic deathcore band from Paris, France active since 2011. When Reasons Collapse blends Scandinavian-style melodic elements with deathcore's crushing breakdowns from the French capital.
Lebanon, Connecticut's When the Deadbolt Breaks have been building sludge-doom structures since 2006, making them one of the longer-running acts in New England's slow and heavy underground. Two decades in a small Connecticut town have given them a patience and a commitment to the low end that only comes from knowing exactly what you are doing and never feeling the need to rush it. Rural New England produces a specific grimness, and this band bottles it.
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