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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
05/21 @ 170 Russell, Melbourne
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Philadelphia stoner metal act channeling cosmic visions through thick, fuzzy riffs, contributing to Philly's eclectic heavy music scene with space-drenched heaviness.
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.
Louisville, Kentucky thrash metal project with two releases since 2012. The Theom EP and single Lenticularz bring experimental edge to Kentucky's heavy underground, the astronomical name fitting their heavenly ambitions.
Philadelphia black metal act adding to the City of Brotherly Love's surprisingly deep extreme metal scene, channeling urban darkness through frigid atmospheric aggression.
Heavy Brutal Death Metal from Fort Worth.
Oakland funeral doom band whose glacially slow, devastatingly heavy sound helped define the Bay Area's doom underground, delivering crushing emotional weight across vast, sprawling compositions.
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.
Detroit metalcore project whose 2020 EP Eulogy of Man delivers apocalyptic breakdowns from the Motor City. The portmanteau name — asylum plus silence — captures the quiet madness at the core of their sound.
Hampton Roads, Virginia melodic death metal project with seven releases since 2019. A prolific output from the Tidewater region, their catalog spans singles, EPs, and compilation packs that demonstrate relentless creative energy.
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