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Divine (2024)
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SERPENT (2025)
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Devil´s Bell (2022)
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Melodic black/death metal project from Owensville, Indiana, formed in 2017, weaving sweeping melodic leads and tremolo-picked riffs across a framework drawn from both Scandinavian melodic black metal and death metal.
Black/death metal band from Hawthorne, California, formed in 2012, combining the rawness of black metal with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of South Bay extreme metal.
Blackened progressive metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2018, fusing the cerebral structures of progressive metal with the cold atmosphere and dissonance of black metal.
Technical death metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2013, pursuing the intricate, precision-focused end of the genre with complex arrangements and demanding instrumental execution.
Portland, Oregon doom/death metal band formed in 2013, channeling the slow, oppressive weight of death-doom in a Pacific Northwest scene better known for its black metal output.
Chicago progressive/technical death metal band formed in 2025, combining the labyrinthine song structures of progressive metal with the unrelenting technicality of the modern tech-death tradition.
Black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2013, operating in the raw and atmospheric end of the genre with a decidedly underground approach.
Heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2013, drawing from classic metal influences in a straightforward and riff-forward style.
Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 2024, rooted in the classic and traditional metal idiom of the city that helped define the genre's commercial and underground branches alike.
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