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Abysswalker

Days of Ruin (2020)

Black Metal Heavy Metal / NWOTHM

Featured beatdown hardcore Album

Knocked Loose

Split - EP (2015)

beatdown hardcore metallic hardcore

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Arrows In Action

Be More. (2021)

04/11 @ The Wellmont Theater, Montclair

alternative rock pop rock post-hardcore

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Skulltribe

Meditations I (2026)

Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Death Metal

Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show

Sanguisugabogg

Homicidal Ecstasy (2023)

04/12 @ 713 Music Hall, Houston

death metal slam death metal

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A Sleeping Hydra

CA · 2023–present · active

A Sleeping Hydra is an experimental thrash metal band from California. Their sound merges thrash aggression with avant-garde experimentation, documented across their 2023 EP "Carry A Light" and 2024 full-length "Global Evil."

Avant-garde Metal Thrash Metal

Arcturus

Deltona, FL · 1994–present · active

Deltona, Florida death metal veterans with roots stretching back to 1994 — distinct from the Norwegian avant-garde band. Five releases including Aspera Hiems Symfonia and Constellation document a band that has been part of Florida's extreme underground since the genre's golden age.

Avant-garde Metal Black Metal Death Metal Progressive Metal Symphonic Metal

Audioblack

Portland, ME · 1999–present · active

Portland, Maine avant-garde and progressive metal project. The name merges audio technology with absence, signaling an experimental approach to heavy music from New England's cultural hub.

Avant-garde Metal Progressive Metal

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