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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2011, based in Dobryanka, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Black metal, death metal, and grindcore act from Badalona near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2015. They deliver a punishing blend of extreme subgenres from the greater Barcelona metropolitan area.
When Esthet emerged in 2020 from Saint Petersburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Los Angeles slam outfit Estrogenized crush with grotesque, bowel-shaking brutality in the tradition of West Coast goregrind excess. Since 2022 they have been a reliable source of chest-caving slams and guttural vocal punishment.
Thrash/death metal band from the bilingual Swiss city of Biel/Bienne, delivering aggressive extremity since 2013. Their position in one of Switzerland's cultural crossroads infuses their sound with both French and German-Swiss metal traditions.
Prague-based atmospheric death/doom metal supergroup featuring members of Dissolving of Prodigy, Self-Hatred, and Silent Stream of Godless Elegy. Their concept albums blend doom metal with diverse cultural themes, including the Japanese-inspired "Tamashii No Yama" which incorporates shakuhachi, cello, and harp alongside crushing heaviness.
Kansas City's Etched Horizon defy easy categorization, weaving progressive structures, post-black atmospherics, and experimental death metal into something genuinely unsettling. Founded in 2023, they are one of the more adventurous acts to emerge from the Midwest's recent underground surge.
Modesto's Etched in Stone push progressive deathcore into ambitious territory, layering technical death metal muscle over carefully constructed song architecture. Active since 2009, they have grown into one of Central California's most accomplished heavy acts.
Death metal act from Hanover, Germany, named after the ancient Mesopotamian ziggurat of Babel, active since 2014. Their ancient name lends mythological weight to their punishing approach to modern death metal.
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