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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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American Sun (Reimagined) (2021)
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Primitive black/death metal trio featuring Terrörator, Sodomköllic, and Blassphemer, rooted in blasphemous war metal and occult imagery in the tradition of the South American underground. Their 2020 demo "Sempiternal Martyrdoom" — a ten-track assault of 30 minutes released on Nuclear Winter Records — established them as a ferocious presence in the region's extreme metal circuit.
Minneapolis's Pestifere draws from the Twin Cities' rich extreme metal tradition, blending Scandinavian melodic death metal architecture with blasting black metal ferocity.
Black and death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021, delivering pestilent extremity from the French capital. They bring diseased blackened death metal to the Parisian underground.
Black metal band from Faro, Portugal, formed in 2021, channeling pestilence through black metal from the Algarve coast. They bring diseased darkness to southern Portugal.
Raw black and death metal project from Denmark, formed in 2021, delivering unfiltered extremity at the intersection of black and death metal. They inhabit the most caustic fringes of the Danish underground.
Black metal band from Albi, France, formed in 2013, channeling plague-era darkness through atmospheric black metal from the Tarn department. Their name evokes the pestilence that fuels their sonic vision.
Blackened death and doom metal band from the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2018, combining the crushing weight of doom with blackened death metal ferocity. They deliver oppressive, slow-burning extremity from the Spanish Basque region.
Madrid's Phylogeny has been tracing the evolutionary lineage of death metal since 2014, adding technical and progressive dimensions to the genre's family tree. Their name, borrowed from evolutionary biology, reflects compositions that branch and mutate with scientific precision.
Berlin's Placenta has evolved from death-thrash-groove origins into a more deathcore-oriented sound, reflecting the German capital's tendency toward genre mutation. Their stylistic shape-shifting mirrors Berlin's own constantly transforming cultural landscape.
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