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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Melodic death metal outfit from Krasnodar, formed in 2014. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Spanish thrash/death metal band from Valencia, formed in 2020. They channel broken-brain thrash-death aggression from the Mediterranean coast.
German melodic death/thrash metal band from Bad Kissingen, formed in 2019. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with thrash metal's speed from the Franconian spa town.
Technical death metal band from Cernay in Alsace, formed in 2017 by members of Tortured Soul and Perverted. Their self-titled debut blends brutal and technical death metal with black metal undercurrents across tracks like Modern Slavery and Educated By Fists.
Melodic death metal outfit from Rhodes, formed in 2023. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Death metal band from Ris-Orangis in the Essonne department south of Paris, active since 2009. A veteran of the Ile-de-France underground death metal scene with nearly fifteen years of activity.
Melodic death metal outfit from Kyiv, formed in 2018. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
French melodic death/thrash metal band based between Annecy and Lyon, active since 2009. Their releases The Universal Disease and Seven Years showcase a blend of melodic death metal hooks with thrash metal aggression.
Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Russian project channels Yaroslavl's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2024, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.
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