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Dead Bodies Everywhere (2021)
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Metallica (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) (2021)
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Outside The Box (2021)
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Los Angeles NWOTHM project. The absence of monarchy — musical rebellion through classic heavy metal.
San Jose, California death metal project. Drowning in Bay Area extremity.
Los Angeles metalcore project. Aquatic-sounding heaviness from the City of Angels.
California grindcore project that surfaced in 2022 with the single Rabbits. Brief and punishing — the grindcore ethos distilled to its essence, delivering maximum violence in minimum time.
Northern California black metal project that migrated from Eureka to San Francisco, tracing a path from rural isolation to urban intensity. Their 2019 debut I'm Losing Myself uses black metal as a vehicle for deeply personal exploration, the genre's aggression turned inward.
Redlands black metal project from the California underground.
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Calexico, California death metal project. Border-town extremity with maximum discomfort guaranteed.
Los Angeles thrash metal project from the California underground.
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