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Dallas death metal unit Empty Shell have been excavating brutality from the Texas underground since 2014, delivering pulverizing riff work with the no-frills directness the genre demands.
Melodic blackened death metal forged out of Sioux Falls, Empty Throne blend glacial atmosphere with visceral extremity — sweeping, dark, and arrived fully-formed in 2021.
Laying down tracks since 2020, this Milan Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal outfit delivers guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Out of Moberly, Missouri, Empusa with Devastation channel melodic death metal and metalcore into something sharp and unsettled, a young band already reaching for vicious complexity since their 2023 formation.
A product of Hungary's Central European metal outpost, this Esztergom-based death metal and doom metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2019, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Death metal act from Rosice, Czech Republic, delivering aggressive, punishing metal since 2020. Their fiery name evokes the burning intensity of their approach to the death metal genre.
Wielding death metal and melodic death metal as their weapon, this British outfit from Aberdeen (early)/Edinburgh (later) has been refining their craft since 2015. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with unrelenting drive.
Melodic death metal act from Munich, Germany, crafting emotionally charged, harmonically rich compositions since 2020. Their celestial name evokes the heavenly sorrow that infuses their melodic death metal with atmospheric depth.
Black/death metal act from Denmark, merging two of extreme metal's most aggressive subgenres since 2017. Their celestial name, referring to the highest reaches of heaven, provides striking contrast to the infernal depths of their sound.
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