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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Volatile melodic death/heavy metal/hardcore emanating from Venice/Belluno, active since 2014 within Italy's metal scene. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Bred in Helsinki's underground, this act delivers raw black/death metal since 2023. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Hocnis is a thrash and death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, active since 2010. The band released the Demo(niac) in June 2010 and the three-track EP SS Ourang Medan in October 2016, the latter taking its name from the legendary ghost ship story and available across major streaming platforms.
Hoctaedron is a death metal band from São José dos Campos, Brazil, formed in 2003. The band released the demo "Celebration of Bloodshed" in 2003, a four-track recording featuring tracks such as "Human Incineration" and "Pleasures of Flesh." The band has since split up but their recordings remain available on Bandcamp.
Ferocious blackened death horde active 2007-2025. Debuted with 'Serpent' on Ibex Moon Records. Known for intense, bulletbelt-and-PBR-fueled live shows.
Brutal death metal/grindcore band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012. Their merciless blend of slam-heavy brutality and grindcore velocity erupts from the Catalan extreme underground.
Delaware's Hog Slammer arrived in 2019 with a singular mission: deliver brutal, slam-oriented death metal with maximum force and minimum mercy. Punishing breakdowns and guttural extremity define their approach.
Death/black metal band from the Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their darkened blend of death and black metal channels the brutality and atmosphere of both genres into a single punishing force.
Death/thrash metal band from Freising/Munich, Germany, active since 2005. Two decades of devastating death-thrash crossover have cemented their place in the Bavarian extreme metal underground.
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