1. Shores Of Acheron - The Existing One (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Genre: Progressive Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4wqKuXULSHKpeghwscfPRD?si=JUJ8S9r5Q3yWroLwUkLUfg
Shores Of Acheron is a fully independent progressive deathcore outfit from Baton Rouge, LA. Forming in 2012, the band released its first debut EP titled “End Of Reign” with themes of governmental tyranny coupled with heavy riffing, blistering fast drums, and distinguished guttural vocals. In the following year, Shores Of Acheron played on the Sumerian Records Stage at Mayhem Festival, supporting headliner acts, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, and Amon Amarth. Throughout the rest of this year and 2014 the band focused strongly on gigging regionally and seeking any opportunity for tours. During the summer of 2015 Shores Of Acheron would release its second record “Ira”, a Latin translation of the English word “Anger” or “Wrath”. This record would encompass a heavier and more dissonant tone, including more tyrannical undertones as well as themes of emotional anger. After the release of their final single “Mind’s Eye” in 2016, Shores Of Acheron would break for what seemed like an indefinite hiatus. However, the band would inevitably return to the metal community in 2021 with a full length album announcement, which has now become The Existing One.
2. The Design Abstract - Transhuman Ascendant (Ontario, Canada)
Genre: Melodic Death Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iXzRbXiR3TmHsV9OabNil?si=0tS2tWIqR2KmYiSWDBDFpg
The Design Abstract is a Melodic Death Metal band using electronic and symphonic elements in their music to emphasize the science-fiction narratives told each album, often creating a cinematic listening experience.
3. Cherry Slide - I Had a Green Light (New York, New York)
Genre: Post-Rock Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QdT3mpuEhpQskwPOHXQ9o?si=nUSRDDdtRyaKjyIPbp4Fcg
Cherry Slide is the solo music project of British born Dale Humphries, now living and recording in New York City. Having previously released ambient and heavier post-rock albums between 2007 and 2017, it was time for a change of pace, and so in 2018, Cherry Slide was born.
4. Crowning & Eyelet - Split (Chicago/ Baltimore, Illinois/ Maryland)
Genre: emoviolence Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/6TxIgPonMtGFC4yjhmmhqE?si=_5180mzpRhWXebai5Sl3Tw
"The raw, expressionist DIY screamo scene continues to thrive, and two of its most promising bands have just come together for a new split 7″. Chicago trio Crowning, whose membership includes Frail Body frontman Lowell Shaffer, released their debut album Survival/Sickness in 2020. Last year, they dropped a split with Singapore’s NAEDR. Baltimore’s Eyelet released their own full-length debut The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes at the very end of 2021. Today, those two bands join forces. The new Crowning/Eyelet split has two songs apiece from both bands. Crowning’s tracks “Mu” and “Hy Brasil” are short and brutally disorienting, while Eyelet’s “Gross Abandon” and “Argus Of Concrete” are fierce and metallic and at least a little bit epic. For me, the big winner here is “Gross Abandon,” which sounds like the kind of thing that might echo over dusty rubble in the post-apocalypse, but feel free to make your own choices when you stream the split below." - Tom Breihan @ Stereogum
5. An Empty City - To Whom or Whither Should My Darkness Flee (Guangzhou, China)
Genre: Metalcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1gUVoo3Puie3aEse7eKn7T?si=eC--UWJ-QNiNZFR8ZxiS-Q
We are An Empty City from China
6. Across The Divide - Eternal (Paris, France)
Genre: Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nSiDv4EGEzX8Gozbw5Qxe?si=OGtpmOURSt-Vt7yK9qGimA
ACROSS THE DIVIDE is a metal band from Paris, France.
7. BrokenTeeth - 추락은 천천히 (How to Sink Slowly) (Seoul, South Korea)
Genre: Indie Rock / Shoegaze Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kNGExA70Z5twMjo7mFYrW?si=NqI6wg1ITbuqX6LSsbhXGQ
Seoul Noise
8. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (London, United Kingdom)
Genre: Rock/Hip-hop/Pop/Alternative/Experimental Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3AA28KZvwAUcZuOKwyblJQ?si=Tkgb7zsaQJq634lds-80Jg
Created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz is singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, drummer Russel Hobbs and guitarist Noodle. The BRIT and Grammy-winning virtual band formed following a collision of mishaps, meetings and pure luck to blow up a pre-digital world with their colourful backstory and ground-breaking virtual ways. Based at Kong Studios in West London, Gorillaz settled into a life of musical innovation with an eye-wateringly exciting roster of collaborators, a list that includes musical legends, geniuses and future stars from Elton John to Little Simz, MF Doom to Jean-Michel Jarre, Grace Jones to slowthai, Kali Uchis to Sidiki Diabaté, plus so many more. With seven albums to their name, Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018) and Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez (2020), Gorillaz is a truly global phenomenon, achieving success in entirely new and unique ways, touring the world from San Diego to Syria, Montevideo to Manchester and winning numerous awards including the coveted Jim Henson Creativity Honor. The band are recognized by The Guinness Book Of World Records as the planet’s Most Successful Virtual Act.
9. Shame - Food for Worms (South London, United Kingdom)
Genre: Post-Punk Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4IeWU3NYBI9mISFVhzXG8f?si=b-IivMWoS2eDgMoo4MUxzA
If Songs of Praise was fuelled by teenage vitriol and Drunk Tank Pink delved into a different kind of psychological intensity, then Food for Worms sees shame enter a new, surreal landscape, and becomes, what frontman Steen describes as: “the Lamborghini of shame records.” The band’s third studio album sees shame enter a new, surreal landscape, as reflected in the cover art designed by acclaimed artist Marcel Dzama. It’s suggestive of what is left unsaid, what lies beneath the surface, the farcical and fantastical everyday that we are living in, in a society where both everything and nothing is possible. Recording each track live meant a kind of surrender: here, the rough edges give the album its texture; the mistakes are more interesting than perfection. In a way, it harkens back to the title itself and the way that with this record, the band are embracing frailty and, by doing so, are tapping into a new source of bravery. For the first time, the band are not delving inwards, but seeking to capture the world around them. “I don’t think you can be in your own head forever,” says Steen. A conversation after one of their gigs with a friend prompted a stray thought that he held onto: “It’s weird, isn’t it? Popular music is always about love, heartbreak, or yourself. There isn’t much about your mates.” In many ways, the album is an ode to friendship, a documentation of the dynamic that only five people who have grown up together and grown so close, against all odds can share.
10. Real Friends - There's Nothing Worse Than Too Late (Tinley Park, Illinois)
Genre: Pop-Punk Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dEtLwgmSI0hmfwTSjy8cw?si=n148iF-GQ4OG2uFp1tzNRw
there's nothing worse than too late.
11. 7 H. Target - Yantra Creating (Нижний Новгород, Russia)
Genre: Brutal Death Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1u9WmQesE5Av9Biq1681ON?si=7SgwuO3vQmSygYxY7YPeOA
7 H.Target is a band that breaks the standard BDM formula, creating something unique, all-out aggression combined with abstract and atmospheric forms. The "Yantra Creating" album is a conceptually new stage in the development of the band, both musically and lyrically, performing a mixture of Brutal/Slam/Tech DM with Indian influences.
12. To The Grave - Director’s Cuts (Sydney, Australia)
Genre: Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3jr9qsKWQjf3iMNQ3rWVDQ?si=Qz3uqmCiTnW_noGRVb-oHA
The sophomore album from Australia's biggest hype beast. At the forefront of Australia's Deathcore scene, TO THE GRAVE are an essential prospect for fans of Chelsea Grin, Brand of Sacrifice, Thy Art is Murder and Vulvodynia.
13. They Grieve - To Which I Bore Witness (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Genre: Drone Metal / Doom Metal Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1SozAdibU9gFdkeBW3vtMN?si=APuwwKQHSTKl1VfYwYX2CA
They Grieve is a two-piece doom, drone, and post-metal band based in Ottawa, Canada. Drawing influence from both minimalist ambient music and down-tempo metal, they blend warm synthesizers, electronics, and lofty guitar drones into mournful hymns and monolithic dirges with urgency, tension, and weight. Members Gary Thibert (guitars, bass, vocals) and Deniz Güvenç (percussion, synthesizers, electronics, vocals) formed They Grieve in 2015 with the intent to experiment with new forms and processes for songwriting, collaboration, and improvisation. Their first EP, I Made My Sacrifice Accordingly, was self-recorded and self-released in late 2016. In 2018, the EP was re-released with an added bonus track and accompanying music video through Transcending Records. They Grieve are set to release their first full-length album entitled To Which I Bore Witness in February 2023 through Silent Pendulum Records. Recorded at Apartment 2 with Topon Das of Fuck the Facts, this album presents a marked change in the band’s sound. Moving away from the harsh-noise influence on their first album, To Which I Bore Witness unveils a much more refined approach to texture and atmosphere while simultaneously shifting to a slower, heavier pace. Employing a nuanced sense of harmony, the result is an emotional, dynamic, and doom-laden take on post-metal.
14. Heavensgate - And All I Loved, I Loved Alone (Melbourne, Australia)
Genre: Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5xxpBuljNlb95kr6fcf6hj?si=8q6vaqrUSrWSpE6mt4LLtg
AND ALL I LOVED, I LOVED ALONE'
15. Going Off - What Makes You Tick? (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Genre: Hardcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2xCCFcGLx1oUlS1AMtfBo9?si=gNXZwEdnRvmZyi4MSXT1fg
Hardcore Punk from Manchester, UK
16. Bottomfeeders - Fear & Self Loathing (Venice, Florida)
Genre: Deathcore Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5m5wxWSEtKwbUfvayiEL9a?si=2r5IRoJZTfa3FJVtUhQf8w
Bottomfeeders is a four piece Metal band hailing from Venice Florida that infuses the soul crushing blast beats and breakdowns of 'Deathcore' with the groove and atmosphere of 'Nu Metal' FFO: Bodysnatcher, Spite, Alpha Wolf
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