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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Wake up Dead (feat. Dave Mustaine) (2022)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Harrisburg metalcore project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Suffield, Connecticut death metal and melodeath project whose 2019 EP The Apothecary deals in precisely administered sonic poison. New England extremity with medicinal precision.
Doom Metal project from the American underground.
Johnson City, Tennessee doom metal project whose 2016 single Gatekeeper/Friends hints at both fantasy influences and an unexpected warmth. Doom from the Appalachian highlands of East Tennessee.
Los Angeles black metal project with five releases since 2021, including a full-length and single both titled Archaic Black Metal. The self-referential naming convention signals a band committed to the genre's most primal traditions.
Livonia, Michigan gothic metal project whose 2015 single Satan's Woman blends dark romance with heavy riffing. Named after Terence McKenna's concept of returning to shamanic consciousness, channeling occult femininity from the Detroit suburbs.
Durham death metal project from the North Carolina underground.
South Texas thrash outfit from Edinburg that channels Bay Area aggression through a Rio Grande Valley lens, blending razor-sharp riffs with the fierce energy of the border region's underground metal community.
Indianapolis doom band whose crushing low-end and glacial tempos evoke the weight of Midwestern winters, crafting monolithic riffs that rumble with patient, deliberate devastation.
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