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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Death metal band from Asturias, Spain, formed in 2021. They channel death metal aggression from the mountainous northern coast.
Amarillo black-death metal act operating out of the West Texas plains with a raw and ferocious approach to extreme metal. Their sound is feral and unrefined in the best underground tradition.
Death-thrash act from Chiaravalle near Ancona in the Marche region, active since 2013. Cruor — Latin for 'blood' — channels violent extreme metal from central Italy's Adriatic coast.
Melodic black-death metal band from Parainen, Finland, formed in 2019. They weave melancholic melodies through blackened death metal from the Finnish archipelago.
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Chicago death-thrash act combining the aggression of death metal with the riff velocity and precision of thrash. They're part of a strong Illinois tradition of bands pushing extreme metal's boundaries.
Death-thrash metal band from Amiens in Picardy, France, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing death-thrash from the Somme capital.
Death metal act from Stockholm, formed in 2018. Crushed Skull delivers blunt, devastating death metal from the Swedish capital.
Death-groove act from Istanbul, formed in 2017. Crushem delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven extreme metal from Turkey's largest city.
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