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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Trollhättan's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this brutal death metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Slamming brutal death metal band from Cordoba, Spain formed in 2017. Their 2017 album Live the Infected features nine tracks of gory, relentless brutality with gore-soaked song titles and crushing slam breakdowns.
Death/black metal act from Essen in Germany's Ruhr Valley, merging two of extreme metal's most ferocious subgenres since 2013. Their name, meaning forcible removal or eradication, captures the violent intensity of their dual-genre approach.
Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.
When Extorted emerged in 2020 from Ufa, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal, deathcore, and melodic death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Portland, Oregon's Extraneous bring a death metal attack shaped by the city's fertile underground, active since 2017. Dense, churning riffs and a contempt for polish define their approach, slotting naturally alongside Portland's long tradition of uncompromising extreme music.
Houston's Extrathesia arrived in 2024 with brutal death metal sewn into their DNA, emerging from one of Texas's most storied extreme metal cities. Their brand of savagery leans into technical precision and gut-punch low-end, carrying on the Houston tradition of unsparing heaviness.
Death/thrash metal band from Paris, France active since 2016. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the French capital.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels death metal and doom metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2021, based in Kampen, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
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