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Butterflies (2025)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Sonic Brew 20th Anniversary Blend 5.99 - 5.19 (2019)
05/29 @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Tucson, Arizona doom metal project. The name evokes scorched speech — fitting for doom metal forged in the Sonoran Desert's merciless heat.
Payson, Utah doom metal project whose 2020 debut Psalms of the Grave Serpent channels serpentine mysticism through crushing heaviness. Ecclesiastical doom from the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains.
Los Angeles black/melodic death metal hybrid exploring ancient Near Eastern mythology through extreme metal, reflecting L.A.'s multicultural influence on its underground music.
Pittsburgh NWOTHM band carrying the Steel City's heavy metal banner with classic riffs and anthemic energy, adding to Western Pennsylvania's deep metal heritage.
Portland stoner metal project whose 2025-2026 releases blend heavy grooves with electronic remix culture. Named after the flowers of the Greek underworld, their New Paradigm album suggests a forward-looking approach to fuzz worship.
Canton, Georgia doom band crafting spacious, meditative heaviness from the North Georgia foothills, their cosmic themes reflected in patient, expansive songwriting.
Rochester, New York doom metal project with five releases since 2021. Their catalog — from the Black Sabbath-channeling Space Grass single to the ambitious Deus Ex Machina — blends classic doom worship with cosmic themes from Western New York.
Houston black/doom metal project blending cosmic horror with crushing heaviness from Space City, the name itself a portmanteau hinting at astrological and occult themes.
Seattle/Long Beach doom and drone metal project. The minimalist name matches their approach — glacially paced, frequency-obsessed heaviness that operates at the outer reaches of metal's slowest subgenre.
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