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In The Name of Reason (2017)
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Named for Hawthorne's condemned outsider, Kansas City's Hester Prynne channel that defiant energy into a brutal blend of deathcore and straight-ahead death metal. Active since 2009, they pair pulverizing low-end chug with genuine death metal menace.
Heavy metal band from Ourense, Spain, active since 2007. Named after the Greek goddess of the hearth, they deliver nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from inland Galicia.
Heavy metal band from Ourense, Spain, active since 2007. Named after the Greek goddess of the hearth, they deliver nearly two decades of traditional heavy metal from inland Galicia.
Post-metal and depressive black metal project from Kosice, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the atmospheric weight of post-metal with the emotional desolation of depressive black metal.
Post-metal and depressive black metal project from Kosice, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the atmospheric weight of post-metal with the emotional desolation of depressive black metal.
Venomous Atmospheric Black Metal from Fort Wayne, Indiana/San Antonio.
Venomous Atmospheric Black Metal from Fort Wayne, Indiana/San Antonio.
Menacing atmospheric/psychedelic black metal project from Riga, carving a path through Latvia's underground since 2021. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Menacing atmospheric/psychedelic black metal project from Riga, carving a path through Latvia's underground since 2021. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
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