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Soul Revolution (2022)
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Holyoke, Massachusetts one-piece Compress delivers oppressive black metal steeped in cold dissonance and suffocating density, an unrelenting solo project built for maximum atmospheric punishment.
Pleasant Hill, California's Concealed meld groove metal's mid-tempo swagger with nu metal's heavy atmosphere and occasional thrash bite, landing in the aggressive pocket of late-90s Bay Area heaviness.
Boston doom outfit Concilium drag listeners through cavernous, slow-motion heaviness, using dense, distorted walls of sound and oppressive tempos to evoke dread and resignation.
War metal in the vein of Havohej, Demoncy, and Beherit. Briefly split in 2016 before reuniting in 2018 with renewed ferocity.
Somerville, Massachusetts black metal act channeling cold, dissonant fury through the grim New England underground. Their music embraces raw production values and unrelenting hostility.
Gulfport, Mississippi black/death/grind band channeling apocalyptic extremity from the Gulf Coast underground. Their sound fuses the chaos of grindcore with black and death metal's darker currents.
Bremerton, Washington band blending classic heavy metal power with black and thrash metal intensity from the Pacific Northwest. Their sound bridges the old-school and extreme metal worlds with energy to spare.
Los Angeles black metal act conjuring darkness from the sprawling Southern California underground. Their sound channels the cold, atmospheric tradition of black metal against the backdrop of the city's extreme metal scene.
Newark, Delaware's Conqbine blend raw black metal fury with crust punk abrasion and post-black expansiveness, carving out a bleak and noisy niche in the mid-Atlantic underground.
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