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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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Death metal band from Tongeren, Belgium, formed in 2024. They add a fresh, blasphemous voice to the Belgian death metal underground.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Giessen, formed in 2015. They blend melodic death metal's guitar harmonies with metalcore's punchy aggression.
Finnish death metal and grindcore band from Helsinki, formed in 2020. They deliver death-grind with irreverent energy from the Finnish capital.
Emerging in 2021 from Dnipro, 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.
Cork-based black metal act active since 2020, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Irish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Amersfoort-based death metal act active since 2016, 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.
Vriezenveen-based thrash metal act active since 2022, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Dutch filter.
Brutal death metal band from Chur, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They deliver uncompromising brutality from the oldest town in Switzerland.
Kozani-based death metal act active since 2008, 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.
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