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Chiodos
Perhaps no one can explain the sheer ferocity and timid quietness it is better than when vocalist Craig Owens says “we don’t want to let the kids down” when discussing the group’s intense vocals live at shows. Well they never let a single kid down with their vicious assault on the ears and grip on the jugular...
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Monarch! — Dead Men Tell No Tales Buy it at Amazon
Brutally dense distortion-laden doom sludge metal that’s as riddled in swamp goo as it comes. Based out of France, Monarch!, is one of those groups that is hard to define yet easy to distinguish—after all what other insane asylum would allow their denizens to escape and record a metal album? Maniacally crushing, “Dead Men Tell No Tales” is a doomsayer’s delight.
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