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Fresh Fur (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Correction (2022)
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Kentucky Fried Killing (2008)
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Brooklyn outfit pulling from doom, traditional heavy metal, and thrash to craft a sound that is equal parts crushing and driving, occupying a gritty crossroads between old-school weight and aggressive momentum.
New York brutal death and slam act formed in 2020, built on the genre's signature down-tuned groove and guttural vocal attack, representing the thriving East Coast slam underground.
A nascent doom and sludge outfit from Albany drawing on the slow, crushing weight of funeral doom paired with the corrosive grit of sludge, named after the legendary Arthurian dagger.
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.
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