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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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Death metal band from Poggibonsi near Siena, Tuscany, formed in 2023. CodeFour brings fresh death metal energy to the Tuscan underground.
Brasov death metal act formed in 2012, delivering brutal extremity from the shadow of Romania's Carpathian mountains. Their sustained commitment to death metal from Transylvania's cultural center speaks to the genre's deep roots in the region.
Melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2021. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhineland's cultural capital.
Melodic death metal band from Exeter, England, active since 2010. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Devon capital.
Black-death metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel occult darkness through a fusion of black and death metal.
Uppsala death/black metal project formed in 2023, named after the legendary medieval manuscript also known as the Devil's Bible. Their extreme fusion channels darkness and occult mystique from Sweden's ancient ecclesiastical center.
North Carolina death metal and deathcore act Codex Obscura traffic in punishing heaviness drawn from the darkest corners of extreme metal. They combine the genre's structural aggression with moments of technical brutality.
Cincinnati, Ohio crust-punk and death metal band Coelacanth have been grinding out ferocious, politically charged metal since the early 1990s, earning a cult following in the American underground. Their sound fuses the rawness of crust with the brutality of early death metal.
Stockholm death metal act active since 2013, contributing to the capital's massive extreme metal output. Their punishing sound carries the weight of Stockholm's legendary death metal lineage.
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