1. Blame God - S/T (Long Island, New York)
Genre: Hardcore / Powerviolence Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hozROjjlTjuyzbXBMTKuB?si=d13-u7eiSUiTKAB46k1JEA 
2. Sleep Dealer - Confession (Moscow, Russia)
Genre: Post-Metal / Instrumental Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3spV4ipk7tqVzM7n494tr5?si=iTr17e8rRRmI_ebJa1XlKg
"Hi, my name is Vadim. This is my post-rock project. I created it in 2009, releasing the debut album, The Way Home, which gained popularity among listeners around the world. After 10 years of creative activity and the release of 7 more releases, I decided to find a guys to play live shows. Many thanks to everyone who is not indifferent to my work."
3. World End Man - Suffer Leader (Tokyo, Japan)
Genre: Death Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6aUwyVIK8cmf4VX8ei35B3?si=CPDFvH4uTjO0fX0OJNTL5g 
4. Darko - Dethmask, Pt. 2 (US)
Genre: Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7C6FTHcdowgX4dzKUd678K?si=Kx7LEErwSfWi-5-1NNTE-A
Baby J of Spite and Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin bring you Darko
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1. PassCode - REVERBERATE ep. (Osaka, Japan)
Genre: Japanese Idol Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AIX7SZPkjZ2u7gZaw1uQo?si=bYck5M6jREWU_9cIWyg5oA
Passcode was formed in Osaka in 2013 and consists of the four vocalists Nao Minami, Kaede Takashima, Emily Arima and Hinako Ōgami. Passcode is supported by a backup band. After releasing several singles and albums on smaller labels, the group signed to Universal Music Japan and released their second full-length album Zenith in 2017. In 2018 the band signed with British record label JPU Records and released a best-of record called Ex Libris Passcode in Europe. Their song "Ichika Bachika" became the opening song for the second season of the live-action film adaption of Kakegurui. In June 2020, their ninth single "Starry Sky" debuted at number 1 on the Japanese Oricon weekly singles chart and the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales chart, selling over 7,000 units in its first week after release.
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1. Bloodclot - Souls (New York City, New York)
Genre: Hardcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0PFHcCaLkbx3hGoKG6hUEP?si=GmKNOM8TSv-iWq2TKv4ZmQ
"After a pandemic-induced hiatus, former Cro-Mags vocalist John Joseph has once again revived his Bloodclot project, a band that dates back to his days as a roadie for D.C. hardcore pioneers Bad Brains in the early ’80s. The latest incarnation of Joseph’s metalllic hardcore quartet features guitarist Tom Capone (ex-Quicksand), bassist Craig Setari (Sick Of It All) and drummer Darren Morgenthaler (ex-Madball). Musically it’s a Slayer-inspired hardcore rampage akin to that band’s late ’80s output, though Capone’s at-times dissonant guitar adds a post-metal tension to the track. It was produced by Laz Pina (Ill Niño) and mixed by Chris Collier." - Adem Tepedelen @ Decibel
2. The Doppelgangaz - Black Cloak Lifestyle (Orange County, New York)
Genre: Hip-Hop Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4J8pjytuR06BizCeBKBIDk?si=B3puS3vMTZqbCE8_PO0lBw
Orange County, New York hip-hop group The Doppelgangaz consist of longtime friends Matter Ov Fact and EP. The cloaked two man has always championed a DIY ethos, handling everything in-house. After starting their label Groggy Pack Entertainment in 2010, the Ghastly Duo has been consistently releasing music and touring internationally. Their sole purpose is to feed their beloved supporters affectionately dubbed "Shark Nation." In 2022, the Gangaz are slated to drop a smorgasbord of new music culminating in the release of their next album, Black Cloak Lifestyle. The title references the mantra used by The Doppelgangaz since their inception.
3. Foxblood - Dissociation Vacation (Melbourne, Australia)
Genre: Metal / Post Hardcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/17pjImdVvIja9Es8R436NP?si=gIfgAmvYSoGemdz7rIOAKQ
Foxblood is a five-part metal band from Melbourne, Australia.
4. Circa Survive - Two Dreams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania)
Genre: Rock Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/11FY888Qctoy6YueCpFkXT?si=LOiWDk2aQJO94PpXWplKEQ
Today, it’s hard to remember that Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green, guitarists Colin Frangicetto and Brendan Ekstrom, bassist Nick Beard and drummer Steve Clifford – began their journey together so eagerly. After several years, two successful album and limitless amounts of love and respect earned and shared between one another, Circa Survive has become one of the most impactful, ethereal bands on the planet. Perhaps even more significantly, they’ve also become a family – which explains why the suburban, Pennsylvania house that serves as the band’s writing and rehearsal space is also their shared home. “I’m pretty sure that each member knows everything there is to know about everyone in this band, being together as much as we are,” laughs Beard. It’s precisely that level of intimacy that’s fuelled Circa Survive’s every action – including tours with bands like My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria and Cute Is What We Aim For – and infused their critical accomplishments – they graced the cover of Alternative Press’ coveted 100 Bands You Need To Know issue (April 2007) – with a sense of pride. So by the time Circa Survive was ready to begin crafting the follow-up to 2005’s breakthrough Juturna, the chemistry and togetherness combined with their shared experiences was ready to extend to their music as well.
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1. ††† - PERMANENT.RADIANT (Los Angeles, California)
Genre: Dark electro-pop Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gPZCcrc8KG2RuVl3rtbQ2?si=j_8A90EXTcmjr4efiF8TAg
Crosses (usually stylized as †††) is the musical side project of Deftones singer Chino Moreno, Far guitarist Shaun Lopez, and bassist Chuck Doom, based in Los Angeles, California, and formed in 2011.
2. Woods of Desolation - The Falling Tide (New South Wales, Australia)
Genre: Black Metal / Post Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3SzTaaNgwUukUhQZVKMKFK?si=w_T3SewDTiWFMB4bXMmYpQ
WOODS OF DESOLATION was formed by multi-instrumentalist D. in 2005 as a means for personal expression through music. Firmly built upon this ethos, a series of demo recordings garnered a solid following within underground black metal circles worldwide. Continually evolving and working with different guest musicians, D. began to showcase his talent for crafting melancholic, yet at times uplifting, melodies on the debut album Toward The Depths (2008), further refining it on the Sorh EP (2009) and the influential sophomore full-length Torn Beyond Reason (2011). In 2014, Woods of Desolation released the critically acclaimed third full-length As The Stars. This album saw D. further introduce a wider array of musical influences, such as post rock and shoegaze, into his unique take on black metal, becoming one of the main protagonists in what would become the burgeoning genre of post black metal. Additionally, lyrical themes were expanded beyond what had come before – nature, life, sorrow – now personally exploring the metaphysical aspects of spirituality and the afterlife. In the years that followed, D. created two new black metal projects REMETE & UNFELLED, simultaneously writing material for the next Woods of Desolation full-length. In 2021, the long-awaited follow up to As The Stars was recorded, and is slated for release via Season of Mist.
3. Thousand Below - Hell Finds You Everywhere (San Diego, California)
Genre: Post-Hardcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iU3WDujScAofxcK2EMypN?si=CTAsllHrRQeaHWKp3d3UOg
Thousand Below’s vulnerable, ambient, yet ultimately hopeful self-examination of loss, life and healing is an enduring theme resonating in the band’s signature sound. The range within their genre is an homage to the band’s intimate experience through the stages of grief. The American quartet-- James DeBerg [vocals], Josh Thomas [guitar], Josh Billimoria [Bass], and Max Santoro [drums]-- descend into the visceral anger and raw anguish echoing throughout their lyrically-jarring debut album The Love You Let Too Close, followed by the somber instrumentation of an ultimately quieter emotional discourse in their sophomore album Gone In Your Wake. Their newest album, Hell Finds You Everywhere, persists as a reflective introspection to the narrative of their second album, and demonstrates a maturity of sound.
4. Lionheart - Welcome To The West Coast III (Oakland, California)
Genre: Hardcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dOCTX1ATvti0d4uaxwlO3?si=QjiE58-iQO6zfc2sqpkTxg
Oakland, California’s reigning kings of heavy hardcore first stormed onto the scene in 2007 with their debut album: The Will To Survive. Lionheart came out swinging with a full blown assault of blistering metallic hardcore. They quickly followed it up with 2010’s ‚Built On Struggle‘, 2012’s ‚ Undisputed‘ and years of nonstop touring. Following a short break after the release of Undisputed, the band came back stronger than ever with 2014’s ‚Welcome To The Westcoast‘. The album debuted at #1 on both iTunes metal and GooglePlay metal charts. Lionheart stormed onto the scene again in January 2016 with ‚Love Don’t Live Here‘. The album title, a nod to a classic R&B/ Motown song by the same name, shows the bands unwillingness to conform to the typical "hardcore mold“, as well as the bitter and unforgiving lyrical content the band is known for. November 2017 saw Lionheart unleash “Welcome To The West Coast II”. A sequel to “Welcome To The West Coast” (2014), the album brought forth a new era in California Hardcore, and saw them again debut at #1 across the iTunes Metal charts and Google Play metal charts.
5. Ghostwreck - 1954 (New York City, New York)
Genre: Metal / Hard Rock / Alternative Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3i6G93UHfF0fvrKnUg36uv?si=qfjErbmfQvmMMfyPyN3XeQ
Songwriters from New York City. A mix of Rock, Metal, Alternative, and whatever feels right.
6. Ready For Death - S/T (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre: Death Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/35K8lKEhCSzSuoPjbe2TjA?si=0Gq5qrw7T6KvjdJOYcqPtA
"Ready For Death is a new thrash band featuring Artie White (Indecision, Milhouse, Concrete Cross), Dallas Thomas (Pelican, Asschapel, Swan King), Dan Binaei (Racetraitor, Haggathorn), Shawn “The Beast” Brewer (Haggathorn), and Luca Cimarusti (Luggage, Annihilus). The band came together after a chance encounter between Artie and Dallas, who met while taking their kids to taekwondo class, unaware of each other's musical histories until one day when their kids were having a playdate and Dallas dug through Artie's record collection. "Swans... Bolt Thrower... Napalm Death... Neurosis...wait...this guy isn't a normal dad!" The band name also came from Dallas' five-year old daughter, who one day busted the door open to his basement studio with a toy sword and yelled "READY FOR DEATH!" before attacking her dad." - Andrew Sacher @ Brookyln Vegan
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1. Jet Fuel Soda - American Soda Candy Rock (Philadelphia, PA)
Genre: Indie / Rock Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qecGeIKxSaovL6qSRleaw?si=TzeE21jgRiu9hHC69S5tEA 
2. Wage War - The Stripped Sessions (Ocala, Florida)
Genre: Metalcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6bu7CtcOMWcS0BMq7snHW6?si=XYV0tIoRQieCMGhMMnjQAg
Through an unwavering dedication to progression, Wage War sharpen their patented hybrid of heavy pit-starting technicality and hummable hypnotic melodies with each subsequent evolution. Look no further than the aptly titled third full-length from the Florida quintet, Pressure [Fearless Records]. The band—Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums]—drove themselves to fully realize their ambition by pushing harder. A whirlwind four years set the foundation for such a statement.
3. Other Half - Soft Action (Norwich, United Kingdom)
Genre: Punk / Noise Rock Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32ho80wRRKWv0oeaW2eyLX?si=-rajfJ2rQCq-hBDoDF4xvQ
Norwich based Other Half met through a mutual love of the UK DIY punk scene, driving a really long way to shout at people and (broadly) vegan slop.The band released their debut album, Big Twenty, via Venn Records (Gallows, Bob Vylan, Marmozets & more) in 2020. A sprawling, violent slice-of-life, the release garnered praise from various outlets, with The Line Of Best Fit calling Big Twenty’s vivid world ‘volatile and dark, but also enthralling to hear’. They are set to release their second album, Soft Action, via Big Scary Monsters (American Football, Cursive, The Get Up Kids, Meat Wave), in December 2022. The album finds Other Half distilling the sneering punk and sardonic storytelling that characterised their first album, whilst amplifying the most melodic and dissonant parts of their sound. The discordant squall of Sonic Youth, the ragged hooks of Pixies and the searing intensity of bands like Converge, all underpinned with the wiry vocal interplay of singers Cal and Soapy. Play it like you mean it.
4. Despite Exile - Wound (Milan, Italy)
Genre: Post-Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EEsjl7MtBzrpPVKHmJYBD?si=Xti4NtoHQMiN2Ruvlxii8A
Six piece post-deathcore outfit hailing from Northern Italy. Despite Exile is delivering rage and fury, blending technicality and fast riffs with epic melodies.
5. Your Spirit Dies - Our Saints Drown In Ash (Columbia, South Carolina)
Genre: Metallic / Harcdcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iLA9qNrXngiyQqZjcnwxt?si=vBlBBRlJSYS9_-qtkYkCFQ
Columbia, South Carolina act Your Spirit Dies is determined to set the record straight on metalcore. Formed in 2019 and making their recorded debut on 2020’s The Process of Grief, they call back to the halcyon days before metalcore was just hardcore’s more popular but markedly less cool younger sibling. Instead of watered down, radio-ready choruses and questionable fashion choices, Your Spirit Dies delivers deft, darkly melodic riffing and surgically precise, crushing breakdowns. Taking cues from Gothenburg melodeath inspired acts like Undying and Arkangel, the band understands the power inherent in the form when it’s done right. There are enough harmonized leads and triplet breakdowns here for even the most rigid metalcore purist to take note. But with modern sensibilities and the power of hindsight in their toolkit, this is a fresh take that is just as likely to attract new fans to the genre as it is to impress old ones. This isn’t a rehash, but a reimagining. A peek into an alternate universe where metalcore went left at the fork instead of right, eschewing commercial appeal in favor of authenticity. Your Spirit Dies is not just what metalcore could’ve been—It’s what it should be.
6. Brojob - A Very Deathcore Christmas With Brojob (Los Angeles, California)
Genre: Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/180Rv5adp0TxkQUawZM0wG?si=eQ7dRnkgQGyXSbvyvl3JGQ
Renowned for having the finest asses in all of Deathcore, BROJOB are a collective of the most devastatingly handsome gentlemen in the metal genre. The band claims to have the smallest dicks in the industry, but they refuse to comment on their balls. BROJOB are known for their incredible composition and muscular figures. Their goal? World domination in the name of eternal sexiness.
7. Art Of Defeat - Nautilus (St. Petersburg, Florida)
Genre: Metalcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kLfAIySWfamyM1nSqgzZK?si=xLWMpgLNQ0-OJ5ielIsH8Q
Art of Defeat is a post metalcore band hailing from different corners of the continent. They formed early 2019 in the Tampa Bay Area. Five musicians with varying influences, blending different flavors of heavy to create music that hits hard. Kick back, relax, and enjoy what Tampa Bay metalcore has to offer you.
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