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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 Dresden, formed in 2024. They forge iconoclastic black/death metal from Saxony's capital city.
Finnish groove/melodic death metal band from Salo, formed in 2018. They blend groove metal's rhythmic power with melodic death metal's harmonies.
Birmingham-based death metal act formed in 2021, creating what they describe as grinding, psychedelic-death tinged hardcore. Their releases including Severed Extremities and the Animalium Series blend death metal, psychedelia, and hardcore punk into an abrasive, intense hybrid.
Danish death/groove metal and metalcore band from Copenhagen, formed in 2013. They merge death metal, groove metal, and metalcore into a venomous cocktail.
UK death metal band from Guildford, known for their heavy, atmospheric approach to the genre. Their discography spanning the demo Amorte through albums Hallucinating in Resurrecture and Phobiate explores themes of mortality, bereavement, and loss through classic-sounding death metal in the vein of early Vader and Gorguts.
French death metal and grindcore band from Lyon, formed in 2013. They deliver serial-killer-themed death-grind from France's gastronomic capital.
Death/thrash outfit from Vila Nova de Gaia, formed in 2010. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Death metal band from Winchester, formed in 2022. They bring crushing extremity to the Hampshire metal scene.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Manchester, formed in 2022, operating at the intersection of experimental black metal, industrial production, and hip-hop. Their debut album explores themes of mental health, incarceration, and societal collapse through kaiju-inspired imagery and aggressive sonic experimentation.
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