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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
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Evidence (2023)
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Central California black metal project that moved from Santa Cruz to Los Osos. Five releases since 2011 including the pointedly titled Anhedonia deliver atmospheric black metal informed by the Central Coast's moody fog-shrouded landscapes.
Tennessee/Georgia death metal project whose 2014 EP Double Feature delivers twin blasts of Southern extremity. The name leaves no room for negotiation — comply or suffer.
Great Falls, Montana metalcore outfit with two albums spanning 2012 to 2019. In Home Hell and Self Identified Deity deliver aggressive heaviness from one of the most isolated cities in the American West.
New Albany, Indiana metalcore project with four releases since 2019. Live From Isolation captures the pandemic era through heavy music, while Holding On To A Ghost explores spectral themes from the Louisville metro's Indiana side.
Brick, New Jersey death metal band from the Jersey Shore, delivering brutal extremity far from the boardwalks and beaches the area is typically known for.
Suisun City/Napa, California deathcore project whose 2016 EP chetirye — Russian for 'four' — brings multilingual mysticism to Bay Area breakdowns.
El Paso post-hardcore legends. Relationship of Command is one of the greatest punk records ever made.
Long Beach, California groove metal and hardcore punk outfit with fifteen releases since 2019. Their LATE series — numbered and themed — builds one of the most extensive catalogs in Southern California's heavy underground.
Arnold/Annapolis, Maryland sludge metal veterans with twelve releases since 2009. Cold and True and Constant, Cruel Irony anchor a massive catalog that has made them one of the Chesapeake region's most prolific and respected heavy bands.
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