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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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An uncompromising death/thrash metal/metalcore project from Koper, active since 2019. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2015. Their polished sound bridges Scandinavian melodic death metal with modern metalcore intensity.
Devastating Black / Death Metal out of Texas.
Black/death metal band from Viimsi, Estonia, formed in 2025. Their fierce blend of black and death metal aggression represents the newest extreme metal voice from the Baltic region.
Hirsipuu is a death metal band from Kouvola, Finland, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Relentless deathcore (early); black/death metal (later) project from Milan/Lodi/Bergamo, carving a path through Italy's underground since 2013. Their sound channels tremolo-driven fury and blasting percussion through walls of distortion.
Death metal band from Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, active since 2016. Their brutal approach channels the genre's most punishing traditions from the Basque Country's elegant coastal capital.
Bulgarian black metal band from Sofia, formed in 2013, whose sound has evolved from raw black metal origins into melodic death/black metal territory. This stylistic progression demonstrates their ambition to push beyond the boundaries of a single subgenre.
Hitch is a death metal band from Châlons-en-Champagne, France, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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