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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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Columbus, Ohio black metal band dealing in raw, corrosive black metal with a cold, underground sensibility. Cyhyraeth OH channels Midwestern bleakness through tremolo-drenched riffs and frigid atmosphere.
Utica, New York band merging progressive metal's technical ambition with the brutality of death metal. Cymatics draws on the science of sound and vibration as conceptual framework, building complex compositions from intricate rhythms and heavy riff structures.
Austin, Texas black metal band operating in the cold, riff-forward tradition of raw black metal. Cymoril cultivates a grim and uncompromising sound from the Texas underground.
Minneapolis sludge metal band named after the parasitic crustacean, reflecting a sound built on suffocating weight and slow, consuming heaviness. Cymothoa drags through tar-thick riffs from the Minnesota underground.
Dallas doom and sludge metal band anchored in crushing mid-paced heaviness and a dark, suffocating atmosphere. Cynical delivers the kind of slow, heavy punishment that defines Texas sludge.
Boston death/grind band operating in the New England extreme metal underground with an unrelenting approach to brutality and noise. Cynicism attacks with short, punishing blasts of combined death metal and grindcore aggression.
Temecula, California raw black metal project channeling the most primitive and hostile tradition of the genre. Cynicism CA operates in the underground with a deliberately stripped-down, lo-fi, and caustic black metal aesthetic.
Boise, Idaho brutal death metal band delivering pulverizing, technically executed brutality from the Mountain West underground. Cynosure combines crushing riff structures with merciless percussion in the classic American brutal death metal tradition.
Olympia, Washington band synthesizing power, progressive, heavy, and thrash metal into a dynamically ambitious and melodically rich sound. Cyperus draws from across the metal spectrum with technical musicianship and broad compositional range.
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