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A black metal project based in Rockford, Illinois, active since 2002, Cacotopia pursues a raw and bleak approach to the genre with a consistently underground and DIY ethic.
Formed in Syracuse, New York in 2017, Cactus Cathedral crafts slow-burning stoner and doom metal weighted with riff-heavy grooves and an earthy, psychedelic undertow.
A sludge and doom outfit from Dover, New Hampshire, Cactus Hag fuses southern-inflected heaviness with slow, grinding tempos and a grimy, feedback-drenched sound.
Hailing from Watertown, New York, Cacus plays stoner and doom metal rooted in thick, mid-paced riffing and a hazy, amplifier-worshipping aesthetic.
A death metal band from Columbus, Ohio, Cadavarice pursues an uncompromising old-school approach to the genre, built on crushing riffs and blunt, violent energy.
A death metal act from Montana, Cadaver Cunt leans into the genre's most abrasive and brutal traditions with unfiltered aggression and no interest in subtlety.
A raw black metal and dark ambient project from Roy, Washington, Cadaver Rite operates in the harshest corners of the underground, pairing abrasive black metal with cold, ceremonial ambient passages.
A death metal band from San Diego, California, Cadavered is a recent entry into the city's underground scene, offering straight-forward, punishing death metal in the classic mold.
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cadaveric Depravity deals in the punishing low-end assault of brutal death metal, built around guttural vocals, blast beats, and technical riffwork.
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