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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Death metal/crust band from Antwerp, active since 2013, merging the brutality of death metal with the raw punk energy of crust. Their crossover sound reflects the fertile intersection of extreme metal and punk subcultures thriving in Antwerp's underground.
Vasteras' Suffer the Pain pair death metal and crust punk from the Vastmanland capital since 2012. Over a decade of channeling the endurance of agony into compositions that merge extremity with punk urgency.
Sutus channel thrash, black metal, and crust from San Martin de la Vega south of Madrid, creating a volatile multi-genre hybrid. Active since 2014, they bring crossover fury to the greater Madrid underground.
Swath combine death metal, doom metal, and crust from Berlin, cutting a wide path through multiple aggressive genres simultaneously. Active since 2018, they bring scything intensity to the German capital's diverse extreme underground.
Gothenburg's Swordwielder merge crust punk, thrash, and doom metal from Sweden's metal capital since 2012. Over a decade of channeling their blade-bearer name into compositions of multi-genre heaviness that combine punk urgency with metallic weight.
Sagverk (Swedish for "Sawmill") blend black 'n' roll with crust from the Finnish underground, creating a raw, grinding hybrid. Active since 2015, they bring sawmill-industrial intensity to the Finnish extreme scene.
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