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Actin' Up (2023)
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Fertile Green (2012)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
05/31 @ Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln
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Emerging in 2015 from Gdynia, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Blessed is a death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The band is notable in the local extreme metal history as former members went on to form Rebaelliun, a prominent Brazilian brutal death metal act that gained international recognition in the late 1990s. Blessed operated as an independent act and has since split up.
Ripping Black / Death Metal from San Antonio.
German metalcore and deathcore band from Koblenz, active since 2009. They bring over a decade of breakdown-heavy, aggressive metalcore and deathcore to the Rhineland scene.
Melodic death metal outfit from Łódź, formed in 2025. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Death metal and deathcore band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2013. They combine death metal technicality with deathcore's bone-crushing breakdowns.
Kraków-based melodic death metal act active since 2017, 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.
Doom metal outfit from Gävle, formed in 2015. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
Emerging in 2021 from Thessaloniki, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
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