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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death metal band from Thuringia, Germany, active since 2015. Their uncompromising death metal channels the genre's most punishing traditions from the green heart of Germany.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2009. Their versatile approach spans the full spectrum from Gothenburg melodies through thrash velocity to groove metal heaviness.
An established melodic death/thrash metal voice from Lohja, contributing to Finland's underground since 2025. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
From Deva in Romania, this progressive melodic death metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2019. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
New Jersey's Hath construct progressive blackened death metal with uncommon depth and ambition, weaving labyrinthine song structures through blasts of ferocity and passages of unsettling atmosphere.
Death metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, formed in 2026. The newest death metal voice in the Aragonese capital, bringing fresh brutality to the scene.
Rumford, Maine's Hatred Alive prove that extreme metal thrives even in the most isolated corners of New England, bringing death metal conviction to a part of the country not typically associated with the genre.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2018. Their polished sound bridges Scandinavian melodic death metal with modern metalcore from northern Jutland.
Devastating Death Metal / Crossover from Dallas.
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