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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Within My Hands (Live) / Nothing Else Matters (Live) (2020)
05/27 @ Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich
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Portland, Oregon atmospheric black metal project active since 2010, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's prolific underground black metal scene.
An Austin, Texas melodic death/black metal outfit formed in 2023, blending aggressive riffing with epic fantasy themes.
A Kansas City heavy metal institution active since 1985, Banshee built their reputation through appearances on Metal Blade's influential Metal Massacre compilation series and have persisted through decades of lineup changes.
A black metal act from Las Cruces, New Mexico active in the 2000s, drawing on themes of nature, mythology, and dreams before disbanding.
A California-based black metal project formed in 2019, contributing the track In His Offertory to the 2021 compilation The Black Archive Volume I.
A Florida black/death metal act formed in 2017, contributing the track Metal of Death to the 2018 Tribute to Beherit compilation while pursuing aggressively dark occult and transgressive themes.
A melodic black metal project from Columbia, Missouri active since 2014, operating in the atmospheric end of the black metal spectrum.
A California black metal band active in 2001 whose short discography includes two early demos before disbanding.
Phoenix black metal act Barbaric Hatred channels themes of barbarism, war, and strength through a raw, uncompromising sound, contributing to a Darkthrone tribute compilation through Plague Demon Records in 2021.
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