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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Madness (2017)
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Newark, Delaware death metal project named after the Sisters of Battle from Warhammer 40K. Tabletop gaming mythology rendered in extremity.
Adeptus is a raw black metal project from Los Angeles, California. With five releases, the project maintains the lo-fi, uncompromising aesthetic of raw black metal amid the sprawl of Southern California.
Columbia, South Carolina thrash metal project. The Latin name — roughly 'overflowing emotions' — adds classical rhetoric to Palmetto State aggression.
Doom metal project of unknown origin. The Irish Gaelic name channels Celtic mysticism through crushing heaviness.
Black metal project of unknown origin. The name implies devotion — whether to darkness, tradition, or the genre's uncompromising principles.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina grindcore project named after the waxy substance formed on decomposing bodies. The forensic science term suits the clinical precision of their extremity.
Los Angeles black metal project. The name — meaning to urge or appeal solemnly — adds gravity to City of Angels darkness.
Adlet is a southern and stoner metal band from Birmingham, Alabama. Across two releases, the band channels the heat and heaviness of the Deep South into their riff-driven stoner metal.
Maryland stoner metal outfit built around thick, fuzzed-out riffs and hypnotic grooves. Their debut EP Magic Elixir channels the low-end worship of Sleep and Electric Wizard through a distinctly East Coast lens.
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