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Lake Charles, Louisiana thrash/death crossover band blending genre aggression with comedic and violent lyrical themes before calling it quits.
Boston progressive and power metal act bringing melodic grandeur and genre ambition to the classic power metal tradition, with swashbuckling imagery built into their identity.
Jonesboro, Arkansas sludge metal project spending the 2010s working through themes of hatred and inner struggle in the isolationist tradition of heavy, feedback-soaked sludge before going silent.
Maine death metal outfit active in the mid-to-late 1990s on Rattle Snake Records, playing straightforward death metal before disbanding — distinct from the Minnesota thrash act of the same name.
The brainchild of San Francisco musician JBOT, Captured by Robots is a one-man grindcore performance art spectacle in which the founder claims to be enslaved by two animatronic robots who shred guitar and drums both live and on record.
Washington state black metal project whose Latin name means head of the world, drawing conceptual inspiration from architectural writer Spiro Kostof.
Lafayette, Indiana thrash/grindcore band using programmed electronic percussion instead of a human drummer, wrapping their aggression in equal parts humor and provocation.
Experimental post-black metal/grindcore/hardcore from Dallas.
Wichita, Kansas act formed in 2014 fusing melodic death metal with groove metal and deathcore, delivering aggressive riffing tempered by melodic hooks.
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