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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Raleigh heavy metal outfit delivering meat-and-potatoes traditional metal with down-tuned authority, channeling the Southern spirit of their region into a hard-charging sound.
Big Sandy, Texas heavy metal band carrying the lone-star underground tradition with blunt, hard-hitting riffs and a raw, working-class intensity rooted in deep East Texas.
Minneapolis death-thrash band that spent the early '90s fusing brutal death metal aggression with thrash's propulsive energy, leaving behind a fierce legacy in Minnesota's underground.
Crushing Progressive Doom Metal from Houston.
Springfield, Massachusetts symphonic metal band layering sweeping orchestral arrangements over heavy guitar foundations, bringing a cinematic grandeur to the New England metal underground.
Lincoln Park, Michigan groove and thrash band fusing mid-tempo, headbang-ready groove riffs with thrash's caustic bite, rooted firmly in the blue-collar Michigan metal tradition.
Ashtabula, Ohio death-thrash outfit channeling the industrial edge of the Rust Belt into their music — brutal, fast, and direct, with little patience for polish or pretense.
Fresno doom and sludge metal band dredging up slow, corrosive heaviness from California's Central Valley underground — suffocating riffs, tortured vocals, and a deliberately punishing pace.
Providence, Rhode Island black metal act rooted in the raw, misanthropic tradition of the genre — sparse production, corrosive riffs, and an unflinching embrace of the underground.
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