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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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Death metal outfit from Hungary, formed in 2012. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Kyiv-based melodic death metal act active since 2023, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
London-based technical death metal act active since 2019, weaving labyrinthine guitar work and shifting time signatures into their extreme metal framework. Their compositions demand both virtuosity and visceral impact, balancing cerebral complexity with gut-level heaviness.
Bristol-based death/thrash metal act active since 2011, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen-based death metal act active since 2017, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Brindisi-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2016, delivering relentless blastbeat-driven punishment and guttural vocal extremity. Their compositions trade in the genre's heaviest currency: slamming breakdowns, inhuman vocals, and wall-to-wall brutality.
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Spanish metalcore and melodic death metal band from Guernica in the Basque Country, formed in 2013. They channel misery-laden metalcore with melodeath influences from the historically significant Basque town.
Östersund-based death/thrash metal act active since 2023, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
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