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Black/death metal band from Joensuu, Finland formed in 2021. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the forests of Finnish Karelia.
Metalcore and death metal veterans from Maasmechelen, Belgium, one of the country's longest-running bands in the style with roots going back to 2003. Their two-decade career reflects deep commitment to the fusion of hardcore energy and death metal brutality.
Doom/death metal act from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, merging the crushing weight of doom with death metal's guttural ferocity since 2016. Their sound reflects the melancholy and resilience of the Bosnian underground metal community.
Melodic and technical death metal outfit from Minsk, Belarus, combining intricate guitar work with Scandinavian-influenced melodic sensibility since 2012. Their approach bridges the technicality of modern death metal with the memorable harmonics of the Gothenburg school.
San Antonio's Essence of Undeath emerged in 2021 wielding a corrosive blend of black and death metal forged in South Texas heat. Their blackened death attack is both ferocious and suffocating.
Technical death metal outfit Essomenic bring surgical precision and compositional ambition to the Indianapolis underground scene. Their intricate, churning riffs reward close listeners who can keep up with the complexity.
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands — death metal and grindcore of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2011, they deal in punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Estado Laico is a grindcore band formed in 2022 in the Pimentas neighborhood of Guarulhos, São Paulo, playing fast and confrontational music rooted in social criticism from a working-class perspective. The four-piece outfit has released multiple recordings including the EP "Vai pro Lixo da História" and subsequent works such as "Estamos no Inferno" and "SISTEMA".
Estado Revoltoso is a death/black metal band from Valparaíso de Goiás, Brazil, whose old-school extreme metal draws on both genres' most aggressive traditions. The band released their debut album "Eles Caminhavam com a Morte" in January 2018, followed by "Deus Inexistente" in 2019, and have contributed tracks to international compilations including Metal Against Nazifascism.
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