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Virginia-based guitarist and songwriter combining heavy metal with neoclassical composition in the tradition of shred metal virtuosity. Curt Shaw applies technical precision and classical structure to melodic heavy metal.
Columbus, Ohio death/grind band blending the speed and brevity of grindcore with the brutal riff vocabulary of death metal. Curta Alis delivers short, sharp, and relentlessly violent extreme metal attacks.
Portland, Oregon crossover thrash and sludge metal band bridging the raw energy of hardcore punk with the lurching weight of sludge. Curtains occupies the gritty overlap between heavy riffs and DIY punk intensity.
Colorado atmospheric black metal project drawing its name from a parasitic vine to reflect a music of creeping, consuming darkness. Cuscuta builds immersive, frost-bitten black metal atmospheres from the high plains.
Kingston, New Hampshire band fusing black metal coldness with the lumbering weight of doom, crafting bleak and heavy soundscapes. Cuspian brings a rural New England grimness to music built on extremity and atmosphere.
Kansas City stoner metal band riding massive, fuzz-driven riffs and a laid-back heavy groove. Custom Black operates in the tradition of heavy riff worship, built for high-volume listening in smoke-hazed spaces.
Minnesota brutal death and slam metal band weaponizing extremity with maximum sonic grotesquerie and gut-punch riffing. Cute Puppy Decapitation piles brutal death metal's most visceral elements onto a foundation of slamming, bowel-rattling heaviness.
Pittsburgh grindcore and metalcore band fusing brief, violent grind blasts with the heavy breakdowns of metalcore. Cutting Ties channels the Pennsylvania city's underground intensity into short, punishing bursts.
Youngstown, Ohio doom and stoner metal band spelling out heaviness in a deliberately obscured name as raw and slow as their riffs. CVTTVNMVVTH drags through cavernous, fuzz-drenched dirges from the Rust Belt underground.
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