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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Madness (2017)
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Danville, Kentucky band combining death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic swagger. Creature of Exile delivers heavy, pocket-driven music with a menacing Southern edge.
Pittsburgh power and progressive metal band building epic, melodically rich compositions with technical sophistication. Creature of Habit reflects the Steel City's tradition of craftsmanship and heaviness working in tandem.
Orange County crossover thrash act channeling the reckless energy that defined the California hardcore-meets-metal scene. Creatures keep the pit-starting spirit of classic crossover alive with fast, aggressive songs.
Seminole, Florida death metal and deathcore act blending technical brutality with the kinetic impact of breakdowns. Creatures of Habit brings the Sunshine State's death metal tradition forward into heavier modern territory.
Portland doom and post-metal band building vast, slow-burn soundscapes from heavy, resonant foundations. Creaturess draws on the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric heaviness to craft music that breathes and suffocates in equal measure.
Columbia, Missouri death-thrash band fusing the gruesome imagery of death metal with thrash's driving velocity. Creaturezoid keeps Missouri's underground heavy scene well represented with energetic, aggressive output.
San Francisco black metal act drawing its name from Tolkien's dark crow spies and its sound from cold, hateful tradition. Crebain operates in the grim, atmospheric end of American black metal with conviction.
Tennessee Southern metal band rooted in the folklore and heavy musical tradition of the American South. Creek Devil channels regional mythology into slow, grinding heaviness with an unmistakable Appalachian character.
Fort Wayne, Indiana groove metal act built on mid-tempo pound and the kind of riff-first mentality that made the Midwest a reliable source of heavy music. Creep delivers blunt, knuckle-dragging heaviness.
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