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On The Hunt (2023)
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Santa Fe, New Mexico's Colossal Swan Dive brings sludge metal's tortured slowness to the high desert, a project that suits the stark, wide-open landscape of northern New Mexico with unexpected precision.
Richmond, Virginia's Colossal Wreck plays death-infused thrash with the direct, no-nonsense approach typical of the Richmond scene — a city that consistently produces metal with more grit than polish.
Vicksburg, Mississippi's Colossus fuses stoner metal's heavy grooves with traditional heavy metal's riff-forward clarity, a Southern outfit that grounds cosmic heaviness in the Mississippi Delta's deep-rooted musical tradition.
Kansas City's Colossus blends progressive metal's structural ambition with the raw impact of death metal, a Missouri act that navigates between technical complexity and visceral force without losing sight of either.
Chicago's Colossus deal in crushing brutal death metal, bringing the city's underground scene a punishing wall of blastbeats and guttural aggression. Their sound is dense and relentless, built for the pit.
Gainesville's Colossus wade through swamps of doom and sludge, wringing slow, heavy misery from every note. Their riffs lumber with the weight of oppressive Southern heat.
Pittsburgh technical deathcore act Coltcrusher bring surgical precision to their breakdowns, fusing angular tech-death riffing with deathcore brutality that hits like a freight train. Their sound is intricate but never loses its menace.
Newport, Minnesota's Colton Schorn is a death metal solo project delivering unadorned, grim heaviness from the American Midwest. Raw and direct, the project channels old-school death metal in a personal, stripped-down format.
Milwaukee black metal act Columbarium conjure cold, atmospheric darkness from the shores of Lake Michigan. Their music is austere and ritualistic, dwelling in shadows rarely lit by the Upper Midwest sun.
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