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rosemary (2023)
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Solo death/gothic metal project from Guisborough in North Yorkshire, run by multi-instrumentalist Ian Lipthorpe since 1996. Across six releases spanning nearly three decades from Oakenshield through 2022's Legacy, the project weaves black, death, gothic, and melodic death metal into an evolving personal vision.
Legendary Birmingham death metal institution, active since 1989 and signed to Nuclear Blast Records. Across a discography spanning from 1990's Subconscious Terror through 2025's Ravage of Empires, they have helped define the old-school British death metal sound with rhythmic precision and unwavering heaviness.
Lendava-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2011, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
French extreme metal band from Saint-Étienne, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from black/death metal toward brutal death metal and grindcore. They have become one of the most recognized acts in the French brutal death metal scene.
Finnish death metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2024. They deliver annihilating death metal from the South Ostrobothnia region.
Beraza Chainsaw Massacre are a death metal band from Berazategui, on the southern outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires, active since 2017. They released their album Premeditación y alevosía in October 2018, announcing themselves as a brutally focused act in the Buenos Aires underground death metal scene. The band continues to release music independently through their Bandcamp page.
German death metal band from Arnsberg, active since 2001. With over two decades of output, they are one of the Sauerland region's longest-running death metal acts.
Czech death/doom metal project from Prague, formed in 2025, fusing death, doom, and black metal into brooding, heavy compositions. Their early output includes tracks like Corpsick and Betrayal alongside the release Bury the Bodies.
Lublin-based death/thrash metal act active since 2005, 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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