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Kansas City's Cult of Orion occupy the crushing space where death metal, doom, and sludge converge, leaning into slow, monstrous riffs weighted with dread. The Missouri band works in the tradition of death/doom that prizes atmosphere and oppressive heaviness over technical display.
Death-thrash metal band from Lamia in central Greece, formed in 2022. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Phthiotis region.
Death metal band from Šibenik, Croatia, active since 2009. Cult of Reborn has spent over fifteen years honing their craft in the Dalmatian extreme metal underground.
Death-doom metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2018. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression and occult themes.
Black and death metal band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2018 and self-described as a 'born dead entity from the hellish void of Brussels.' Their debut 'Eternal Suffer' features five tracks of abyssal extremity anchored by the eight-minute closer 'Call of the Abyss.'
Black-death metal band from Liverpool, England, formed in 2016. They channel ritualistic darkness through extreme metal from Merseyside.
Death-groove act from Moscow, active since 2013. Cult of War delivers war-themed extreme metal with heavy rhythmic drive.
Black-death-doom metal band from Scotland, emerging in 2026. They blend three extreme metal genres into a dark, wounding assault.
Seattle's Cult of Yog conjure Lovecraftian dread through venomous, bestial black/death metal rooted in the Pacific Northwest's tradition of cavernous, atmospheric extremity. Their self-titled 2021 EP announced a band channeling the darkness of Cascadia into riff-heavy, cosmically hostile metal.
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