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Death metal band from Lannion in Brittany, France, with roots going back to 1996. They are longstanding veterans of the Breton death metal underground.
Self-described "In Groove We Trust" metal band from Porto/Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal formed in 2004, delivering groove metal with doses of power, melody, and progressive touches. Their 2024 album Momentum — ten tracks produced at Raising Legends Studio and mastered by Max Tomé — showcases a mature groove metal sound built over two decades of Portuguese underground activity.
Out of Okeechobee, Florida, Equalizer level everything in their path with slam and brutal death metal that puts sheer heaviness above all other considerations. Founded in 2020, they carry the Florida death metal tradition into one of the state's most unlikely locations.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Saint Petersburg-based death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2014, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Pittsburgh's Equipoise stand at the sharpest edge of technical/progressive death metal, weaving contrapuntal guitar work and shifting time signatures into compositions of genuine compositional depth. Their 2019 debut established them as one of the most intellectually demanding acts in the genre.
New Jersey progressive death metal newcomers formed in 2023, Equivocator build dense, shifting arrangements from Middletown that betray a sophisticated approach to song architecture well beyond their short existence.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Suceava in the Bukovina region of northeastern Romania, active since 2010. Their sound fuses melodic death metal with doom metal's crushing pace from the medieval Moldavian citadel town.
Richmond, Virginia death metal unit formed in 2021, bringing the city's storied underground legacy to bear with blunt, punishing riffs and a commitment to old-school brutality over modern polish.
San Diego thrash/heavy metal band tapping into the California coast's deep tradition of aggressive, sun-bleached metal — riff-forward and no-frills, built for the pit.
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