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SERPENT (2025)
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Hymns From The Apocrypha (2023)
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A Syracuse heavy metal band with over two decades of momentum, delivering melodic, hard-hitting metal with a polished edge and strong songwriting rooted in the classic American heavy metal tradition.
Binghamton post-metal and sludge act whose drawn-out, crushing compositions balance atmospheric weight against oppressive low-end heaviness.
New York black metal project formed in 2024, channeling the city's grim urban edge into raw, hateful black metal with a cold and unpolished underground character.
New York's Castevet bring a post-hardcore edge to black metal's dissonant framework, threading progressive song structures through bleak, abrasive soundscapes that reward patient listening.
New York's Castigate operate firmly in brutal death metal territory, prioritizing gore-drenched guttural vocals and relentlessly technical riffing over any melodic concession.
Brooklyn's Castle Rat play heavy, atmospheric doom with a dark, occult-tinged aesthetic, built around droning guitar work and vocals that carry a gothic, sepulchral weight.
New York old-school death metal band whose churning, mid-paced brutality and ferocious vocals flip the genre's typical subject matter toward themes of empowerment, documented on their Dark Descent Records releases.
Catastrophic from Nashville, NY operates in the realm of straightforward, punishing death metal with an underground ethos and no-frills approach. Their sound is rooted in early 90s death metal conventions — down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and blunt force production.
New York City black/speed metal solo project drawing from Japanese punk, Eastern European black metal, and raw lo-fi production with a punk-inflected vocal style.
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