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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Crushing Brutal Deathcore from Orange, California / West Jordan, Utah / Houston.
Finnish death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2020. They deliver catacomb-dwelling death metal from central Finland.
Izmail-based melodic death metal act active since 2020, 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.
Death/doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2016. They meld death metal's fury with doom's glacial, oppressive weight.
Ödeshög-based death metal act active since 2023, 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.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2021. They bring aggressive melodic extremity to the northeast England heavy music scene.
Finnish melodic death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2019. They craft melodic death metal that transcends hatred through musical catharsis.
Finnish melodic death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2014. They deliver mist-shrouded melodic death metal from the lake country of central Finland.
Death metal outfit from Utrecht, formed in 2021. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
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