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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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Melodic death metal act from the island community of Hono, active since 2014 and bringing melodic sophistication from an unexpected coastal locale. Their sound carries the emotive range of the Scandinavian melodeath tradition.
Technical progressive death metal band from Blackpool, England, active since 2012. They blend technical precision with progressive complexity and death metal aggression.
Melodic death-groove metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2017. They blend Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with heavy grooves and dynamic arrangements.
Symphonic black-death metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2021. They blend symphonic grandeur with extreme metal darkness.
New Orleans trio Circling Vultvre conjures a suffocating blend of black, death, and doom metal steeped in Southern Gothic dread. Their music circles decay and darkness with relentless, unhurried menace.
Melodic death-symphonic metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2020. They merge melodic death metal aggression with symphonic orchestration and cinematic grandeur.
Uppsala black/death metal project formed in 2023, channeling extreme darkness from Sweden's ancient university city. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive traditions of both genres.
Blackened death-thrash act from Šurany in the Nitra region, formed in 2022. Circular Saw delivers cutting extreme metal from western Slovakia.
Black-death-thrash metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2024. They blend three extreme metal genres into a fierce, genre-crossing assault.
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