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Progressive death-doom band from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2008. Their 2024 debut album Stargazer, praised by Metal Hammer UK and No Clean Singing as vast and astonishingly heavy, was completed posthumously from drafts left by founding songwriter Pavel.
Death-doom act from Ivano-Frankivsk in the Carpathian foothills of western Ukraine, active since 2014. Crypt of Silence merges crushing death metal with doom pacing from the Prykarpattia region.
Ashtabula, Ohio's Crypt Rot deliver uncompromising death metal with a damp, decayed production aesthetic that suits their rotting, underground aesthetic. Their material feels like it was excavated rather than recorded.
Findlay, Ohio's Crypt Tongue blend the blasting chaos of grindcore with death metal's tonal brutality, resulting in fast, ferocious music with little patience for subtlety. Their sets leave little time to breathe.
Ann Arbor's Crypt Watcher churn out death metal with a watchful, deliberate heaviness, letting riffs breathe just long enough before collapsing back into full-force brutality. Their sound is rooted in the gritty Michigan underground.
Crypta is a death metal band formed in São Paulo, Brazil in 2019 by former Nervosa members vocalist and bassist Fernanda Lira and drummer Luana Dametto, completing their lineup with guitarists Tainá Bergamaschi and Sonia Anubis. The band released their debut album Echoes of the Soul on June 11, 2021 via Napalm Records to widespread acclaim, establishing themselves as one of the most prominent acts in contemporary Brazilian death metal. Their 2023 follow-up Shades of Sorrow further cemented their international profile.
Experimental death metal act from the Netherlands, formed in 2017. Cryptae has gained recognition for their abrasive, avant-garde approach to death metal that pushes beyond conventional boundaries.
Death/doom metal band from Klagenfurt, Austria, formed in 2021, featuring Benjamin Helfer on guitar and vocals alongside Daniel Schober, Simon Matweber, and David Matweber. Their 2024 self-titled debut EP spans funeral doom, death metal, and sludge with a 'Stay Death' ethos.
Death metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the industrial heart of the Ruhr.
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