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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Melodic death-thrash act from Kamyzyak in the Astrakhan region, formed in 2018. C-300 delivers extreme metal from the remote Caspian lowlands of Russia.
Death-grind act from Bielsko-Biała, Poland, active since 2010. C-4 — named after the explosive — delivers blast-driven grindcore from southern Silesia.
Poughkeepsie death/black metal act C.A.I.N. — the acronym standing for "Christ Aborted in Nativity" — formed in 2000 and released material independently before splitting up.
Death metal band from Turi, Estonia, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing death metal from the Baltic nation's rural heartland.
Black and death metal band from Slavonski Brod, Croatia, formed in 2017. C.F.T.C. fuses melodic death metal hooks with black metal intensity in a provocative package.
Death-doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the Finnish capital.
C.R.U.E (Comando Resistência Underground Extremo) is a black/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active within the city's underground extreme metal scene. The band is signed to Brazilian Ritual Records, under whose banner they released a split with fellow São Paulo act Transgressor featuring their material "Metal das Ruas" in 2021. Their music is rooted in the raw, aggressive tradition of Brazilian underground metal.
Burlington, Vermont death metal band Ca$e Closed have been active since 2020, representing the state's small but devoted extreme metal underground.
Experimental death metal band from Vignacourt in Picardy, France, formed in 2023. They push death metal into unconventional territory through avant-garde sonic exploration.
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