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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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German black/death metal band from Würzburg, formed in 2011. They combine black metal's atmospheric menace with death metal's relentless brutality.
Death metal band from Korneuburg, Austria, formed in 2020. They deal in straightforward, no-frills death metal aggression from the Austrian underground.
Berserk is a death metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band operates in the extreme metal underground of northeastern Brazil and self-releases material through Bandcamp. They contribute to a growing death metal scene in Ceará, a region less commonly associated with the genre compared to São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro.
Uncompromising death metal from Zaporizhia, active since 2011. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
French melodic death metal and metalcore band from Sarrebourg in Lorraine, formed in 2018. They blend melodeath with metalcore from the eastern French borderlands.
German groove metal and death 'n' roll band from Dresden, active since 2006. They combine groove metal's heavy rhythms with death 'n' roll's swagger for an energetic, riff-driven sound.
Finnish death/thrash metal and grindcore band from Tampere, active since 2008. With nearly two decades of friendship-forged extremity, they deliver death-grind with tongue-in-cheek camaraderie.
Savage Black / Death Metal from Laredo.
Two-man black/death metal war machine from Glasgow, formed in 2025. Their releases War Charge of the Infernal Cabal and Comatose Mutilation deliver extreme, visceral aggression from the Scottish underground.
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