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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Folk-infused melodic death metal band from Valencia, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of history, Curial blend folk elements with melodic death metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Death-thrash metal band from Loimaa, Finland, active since 2012. They merge death metal aggression with thrash speed from the Finnish countryside.
Meriden, Connecticut's Curse operate in the unadorned, misanthropic tradition of black metal, contributing to a New England underground scene that has produced some of the most raw and austere extreme metal in the country. The Connecticut band's lyrical and sonic focus remains fixed on the genre's core themes of darkness and anti-religious contempt.
Melodic death-thrash act from Sweden, active since 2013. Curse from Above delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal.
Cleveland blackened death metal act drawing on both Scandinavian black metal atmosphere and brutal American death metal aggression. Their sound merges icy tremolo riffs with punishing low-end devastation.
South Carolina death metal band from Laurens, wielding grinding heaviness rooted in old-school brutality. Curse of Flesh keeps it primal and unrelenting, favoring raw sonic punishment over technical flourish.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Maribor, formed in 2018. Curse of Instinct blends melodic hooks with hardcore intensity from northeastern Slovenia.
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Death-thrash metal band from Thun in the Bernese Oberland, formed in 2024. They combine the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-style death metal with the speed and ferocity of thrash.
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