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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Death metal outfit from Sintra, formed in 2018. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Stockholm-based melodic death metal act active since 2019, 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.
French melodic death metal band from Sèvres near Paris, formed in 2015. They craft chronicle-worthy melodic death metal from the Île-de-France region.
Kolbotn outfit with one of Norwegian metal's most dramatic evolutionary arcs, shifting from death/doom in the early 1990s through gothic and alternative rock phases into electronic experimentation. Their willingness to abandon genre conventions entirely makes them one of Scandinavia's most unpredictable musical entities.
Death metal band from Orpington in southeast London, active since 2019. They bring aggressive death metal to the outer London underground scene.
Cerebral, crushing death metal from Nottingham, active since 2016, featuring vocalist/bassist Andy Walmsley and guitarist Tim Yearsley. Their politically charged discography from Seekers through the Welcome to the New Dark Ages series tackles police brutality, capitalism, and social decay through technically proficient, progressive death metal.
Thrash metal outfit from Vicenza, formed in 2024. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
German melodic death/groove metal band from Munich, formed in 2019. They blend melodic death metal's twin-guitar harmonies with groove metal's rhythmic weight from Bavaria's capital.
Metalcore, melodic power, and death metal hybrid from the Traun/Linz area of Austria, active since 2015. They weave together the catchiness of power metal melodies with metalcore breakdowns and death metal intensity.
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