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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Featured Power Metal Album
The Second Coming (1988)
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Chicago black metal project with four releases since 2014. From raw early demos to the more polished Abhorrent Reflections EP, they trace a decade of evolution within the Windy City's deep black metal underground.
Santa Fe black metal act whose arid, desolate sound mirrors the stark beauty of New Mexico's high desert landscape, channeling isolation into atmospheric extremity.
York, Pennsylvania progressive metal project exploring complex arrangements and thoughtful compositions, contributing to the Keystone State's quietly productive metal underground.
Long Island, New York power metal project whose 2015 EP Of Anger, Death & Serenity channels epic melodicism from the New York suburbs. Named after the demon prince from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga.
Fort Worth progressive metal outfit adding technical ambition to the DFW Metroplex's diverse heavy music landscape, blending clean melodies with intricate instrumental passages.
Chicago crossover thrash project. Another entry in the city's seemingly bottomless well of punk-metal hybrid acts.
Denver groove metal band harnessing the Mile High City's ferocious energy into driving, riff-heavy anthems that hit with the force of a Colorado avalanche.
Columbus deathcore act unleashing crushing breakdowns and guttural fury from Ohio's capital city, feeding into the state's consistently productive extreme metal pipeline.
Seattle metalcore/thrash hybrid blending nu metal accessibility with thrash precision, reflecting the Emerald City's willingness to cross genre boundaries without apology.
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