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SUCKERPUNCH (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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California sludge metal band formed in 1996, dealing in the slow, crushing heaviness and feedback-drenched abrasion that defines the West Coast sludge tradition.
Dubuque, Iowa outfit blending doom, stoner, and groove metal into a thick, riff-driven sound since 2016, sitting at the intersection of hazy heaviness and hard-swinging momentum.
Albuquerque brutal death metal and grindcore act formed in 2020, delivering relentlessly punishing extremity rooted in the Southwest underground scene.
San Francisco band founded in 2020 that fuses brutal death metal with hardcore aggression, channeling the Bay Area's long tradition of punishing crossover extremity.
Detroit doom/death metal project formed in 2025, pairing the Motor City's industrialized heaviness with the slow, sepulchral weight of the doom-death tradition.
Traditional heavy metal band from Castro Valley, California, active since 2014, drawing on classic NWOBHM and American power metal influences with a straightforward, riff-forward approach.
Snaer is a black metal project from Pittsfield, Maine, formed in 2017, whose name — Old Norse for "snow" — reflects the project's affinity for cold, atmospheric extremity rooted in the bleak landscapes of the rural Northeast.
Silver Spring death/thrash metal band formed in 2018, combining the intensity of old-school thrash with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of the mid-Atlantic underground.
Davenport, Iowa act formed in 2014 that melds thrash and death metal with hardcore aggression, delivering a crossover-inflected assault shaped by the Midwest's DIY underground.
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