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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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Crust-thrash act from Malmö, formed in 2021. Catachrest merges d-beat crust punk with thrash metal from Sweden's southernmost city.
Black metal and crust punk band from Hildesheim, Germany, active since 2010. They fuse the raw aggression of black metal with the political fury and d-beat rhythms of crust punk.
Genre-crossing extreme metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2016. Chaver blend black metal, crust punk, death metal, and groove metal into a fierce and unpredictable assault.
Crust-thrash band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019. They fuse the raw political fury of crust punk with thrash metal's velocity.
Crust punk and grindcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2011. They deliver raw, politically charged extremity at the intersection of hardcore punk's fury and grindcore's velocity.
Blackened crust punk band from Bristol, England, formed in 2020. They fuse black metal darkness with crust punk's raw fury from the West Country.
Crust punk and grindcore band from Granada, Spain, formed in 2020. They fuse the political fury of crust with grindcore's chaotic velocity from the Andalusian city.
Crust-death metal band from Patras, Greece, emerging in 2025. They fuse crust punk fury with death metal aggression from the Peloponnese.
Crust punk, death metal, and grindcore band from Santander in Cantabria, Spain, active since 2011. They fuse the raw fury of crust with grinding death metal extremity.
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