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Featured Album
Butterflies (2025)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Icard, North Carolina black metal project with three releases since 2012. Operating from a tiny Catawba County community, they prove atmospheric black metal can emerge from the most unlikely corners of the rural South.
Los Angeles groove metal act delivering heavy, mid-tempo power from the City of Angels, channeling mythological immortality themes through crushing rhythmic assault.
Seattle death/groove metal act from the Emerald City, blending crushing heaviness with rhythmic precision in the Pacific Northwest's deep metal underground.
St. George, Utah groove metal, NWOTHM, and nu metal hybrid with two albums since 2015. Their second album, simply titled UTAH, declares their geographic identity with defiant pride — heavy metal forged in the red rock desert near Zion National Park.
Hardinsburg, Kentucky deathcore project with seven releases since 2013. Broadcasting To The Nations and subsequent albums demonstrate a prolific commitment to crushing breakdowns from one of Kentucky's most rural communities.
Los Angeles groove/progressive metal act blending technical complexity with heavy rhythmic drive, reflecting L.A.'s position as a melting pot for every conceivable metal subgenre.
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