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Lie To My Face (2022) (2022)
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Metallica (Remastered 2021) (2021)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Santa Barbara heavy metal act with a flair for theatrical horror aesthetics and hard-driving riffs. Creature Feature taps into vintage metal's love of B-movie darkness with infectious energy.
Orange County crossover thrash act channeling the reckless energy that defined the California hardcore-meets-metal scene. Creatures keep the pit-starting spirit of classic crossover alive with fast, aggressive songs.
San Francisco black metal act drawing its name from Tolkien's dark crow spies and its sound from cold, hateful tradition. Crebain operates in the grim, atmospheric end of American black metal with conviction.
Castro Valley, California groove and thrash metal band delivering Bay Area heaviness with a streetwise, hard-hitting character. Creepo channels the classic Northern California metal tradition into punchy, riff-driven songs.
Monterey, California's Cremation brought a Bay Area-adjacent thrash sensibility to their aggressive early output. Their sound sits firmly in the speed and aggression of the West Coast thrash underground.
Los Angeles's Crematorium merged the pit-ready aggression of death metal and hardcore with groove metal's head-down heaviness. Their sound captures the density and intensity of the LA underground's most extreme end.
Costa Mesa, California's Crematory Stench deliver old-school death metal with an emphasis on putrid atmosphere and lurching, mid-paced heaviness. They draw from the morbid tradition of early Florida and Swedish death metal forebears.
Orange County, California death metal act Crepitus bring the grinding, bone-dry brutality of Southern California's underground scene to their work. Their sound is unadorned and visceral, built on punishing riffs and relentless tempos.
Redwood City's Crepuscle blend melodic death metal's harmonic sophistication with symphonic orchestration and an underlying death metal brutality. The Bay Area band crafts expansive, dramatic metal that balances heaviness with melody.
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