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Cry For Me (2024)
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Goldstar (24-bit HD audio) (2025)
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Mercury (2024)
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Lynchburg, Virginia black metal project B.L.C. has been building a cult presence since 2013, operating as a solo or small-unit entity in the raw, underexposed tradition of the American black metal underground.
Wilmington, North Carolina's Baag traffics in the slow-moving punishment of doom and sludge metal, a project that has been carving out a heavy, feedback-drenched presence in the Southeast underground since 2018.
Named for the fearsome Slavic witch of folklore, Pomona's Babayaga applies that mythic dread to their fusion of doom and sludge metal, active since 2022 on the fringes of Southern California's underground heavy scene.
Brooklyn death metal and cybergrind project formed in 2022, combining extreme metal aggression with digital noise textures across releases including The Demo and the full-length Unborn 2 Die.
Brooklyn psychedelic doom and stoner metal band formed in 2010, issuing the Demonstration EP and the Black Blizzard single — their hazy, slow-burning approach sits at the intersection of doom and psychedelic rock.
Smithtown, New York thrash metal band formed in 2014, playing no-frills thrash on Long Island's underground circuit.
Death metal and hardcore crossover act from Cohoes, New York, formed in 2017 and drawing equally from extreme metal and hardcore punk.
A thrash metal band from Nanuet, New York that formed in 1987 under the full name Cymon Bar Sinister, operating independently before dissolving.
A melodic death metal band from Long Island, New York formed in 2006, channeling themes of internal and external struggle through the genre's melodic aggression.
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