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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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London thrash metal, crossover, and crust band formed in 2017. They fuse the speed and aggression of thrash with crust punk's raw, politically charged energy.
French black metal and crust band from Rennes in Brittany, formed in 2013. They merge black metal's darkness with crust punk's raw DIY ethic.
Punk-infused black metal from Vladimir, formed in 2017. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
French death 'n' roll and crust punk band from Besançon, formed in 2012. They combine death metal grooves with crust punk's raw urgency.
Punk-infused black metal from Utrecht, formed in 2016. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
Punk-infused black metal from Gothenburg, formed in 2024. Their short, violent compositions marry crust punk's directness with black metal's atmospheric menace.
Death/thrash outfit from Lostwithiel, formed in 2019. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Czech grindcore and crust punk band from Brno, formed in 2012. They deliver short, explosive bursts of grinding intensity married to crust punk's raw DIY ethos.
Västerås death metal/crust outfit blending Swedish death metal's buzzsaw tone with d-beat punk energy. Their explosive, raw approach embodies the crossover between Scandinavia's extreme metal and hardcore punk traditions.
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