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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Jackson groove metal project from the New Jersey underground.
Detroit stoner metal project whose 2020 single Siren in Scorpio blends cosmic imagery with fuzzy, groove-heavy riffs. Motor City heaviness filtered through astrological mysticism.
Las Vegas heavy metal act keeping the NWOTHM flame burning since 2013. Five releases including the boldly titled Dead Cops and various splits demonstrate a band with punk-adjacent attitude delivering classic heavy metal from the neon-lit desert.
Texas death metal project.
Lacey, Washington death metal act arriving in 2026 with the EP We Ate Him. The Pacific Northwest's extreme underground continues to produce bands committed to death metal's most transgressive impulses.
Los Angeles stoner metal project from the California underground.
Provo, Utah thrash metal project debuting in 2026 with Sacrificial Cannibalistic Suicide. Extreme music from an unexpected origin — the heart of Mormon country producing some of the most blasphemous thrash around.
Fort Wayne, Indiana NWOTHM project whose 2022 album LEGEND Vol 2 channels classic heavy metal grandeur from the Hoosier State. Traditional metal riffs and soaring vocals keeping the spirit of the genre alive in the Midwest.
Kansas City/Tampa death metal legends delivering some of the most ferocious war metal in American history.
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