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Swedish crossover thrash act active since 2020, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Lisbon-based crossover thrash act active since 2015, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Slovak project channels Bratislava's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2014, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
Belgian chainsaw grind act from Flanders, featuring former members of Aborted, Agathocles, Emeth, and Human Vivisection. Their prolific output of full-lengths, splits, and demos showcases the furious HM2-driven grindcore and death metal attack they've sustained since 2021.
Pittsburgh's Barren Plains are an instrumental post-metal project that emerged in 2025, joining a city with deep roots in heavy music by crafting atmospheric, wordless compositions in the post-metal tradition.
Portland's Bastard Feast is a ferocious collision of sludge, death metal, grindcore, and crust, channeling social unrest and anarchic politics; they released material on Season of Mist Underground Activists.
London death metal and crust punk band formed in 2013, blending aggressive death metal riffing with punk-fueled rawness. Their releases including 10 Counts of Fuck Off deliver a sludge-tinged crossover of extreme metal and crust.
BASTARÐUR is a death metal and crust punk band from Iceland, formed in 2018 by Sólstafir guitarist and vocalist Aðalbjörn Tryggvason alongside Birgir Jónsson. The project channels the raw energy of Entombed-style Swedish death metal filtered through crust punk and Motörhead-influenced heaviness, with lyrics more antagonistic than Tryggvason's primary work. Their debut album Satan's Loss of Son was released in October 2021 on Season of Mist, featuring guest vocal contributions from Marc Grewe and Alan Averill of Primordial.
Death-grind act from Włocławek, formed in 2017. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
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