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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Dial Tone (2022)
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Luleå-based black metal act active since 2024, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Swedish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
German melodic death metal band from the Viersen-Cologne region, active since 1999 and self-described as holding the banner of melodic death metal high for over two decades. Their extensive catalog from Failing in Triumph through their 25th anniversary album (XX)V - Of Tales and Tragedies showcases a distinctive blend of Scandinavian melodeath influence with their own powerful style.
German thrash/death metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, formed in 2019. They combine thrash metal's velocity with death metal's crushing heaviness from the North Sea coast.
Death metal outfit from Milan, formed in 2020. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
German black/death metal project from Bavaria, formed in 2022. As their name suggests, they unite Austrian and Bavarian metal brotherhood in a blackened death metal assault.
Norwegian melodic thrash metal act active since 2019, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
German progressive black/death metal band formed in 2016. They push extreme metal boundaries through progressive structures woven into a black and death metal foundation.
Death/thrash metal band from Bellinzona, Switzerland, active for over two decades since 2004. Their 2025 farewell album "Fooc Selvadic" closes twenty-plus years of existence, performed in regional Swiss dialect with lyrics rooted in their Ticinese heritage.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Aalen, formed in 2013. They pair Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with metalcore breakdowns and emotional intensity.
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