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Hilde is a melodic death metal (early); melodic black metal (later) band from Marseille, France, formed in 2020. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Pagan Black/Death Metal outfit rooted in Gothenburg, channeling blistering underground intensity since 2013. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Zaragoza, Spain, active since 2008. Nearly two decades of extreme music make them veterans of the Aragonese grindcore underground.
Melodic death/doom started as a one-man project by Casey Hurd. Signed to Napalm Records. Albums include Order Divine and Shatter And Fall.
Hinderthis is a melodic death metal (early); alternative rock/nu-metal (later) band from Paris, France, formed in 2008. They deliver powerful melodic death metal with harmonic sweep and emotive songwriting.
Death metal/grindcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2014. Their relentless blast of brutality and grind erupts from the Spanish capital's extreme underground.
Solo project of Michael Anstice (keyboards in Hinayana). Gorilla riff death metal with releases Vices and Sins and Inferno.
Melodic death metal project from Paris, active since 2023. Their memorial-themed name suits emotionally charged compositions blending Scandinavian melodic death metal with Parisian artistic sensibility.
Melodic death metal band from Hanover/Osnabruck, Germany, formed in 2021, featuring former members of Dawn of Disease and Critical Mess. Signed to Napalm Records, their album Dormant with vocalist Britta Gortz was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, drawing comparisons to Arch Enemy and early In Flames.
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