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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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Melodic death metal newcomers from Diepenbeek, Belgium, formed in 2025. Emerging from the same Limburg scene that produced Hemelbestormer, they bring fresh melodic death metal energy to the Belgian heavy music landscape.
A thunderous brutal death metal/deathcore entity from Finland, active since 2024. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Estepona, Spain, active since 2000. A quarter century of gore-drenched extremity from the Costa del Sol makes them one of Spain's most enduring grind acts.
Cold death/doom metal emanating from Prešov, active since 2018 within Slovakia's metal scene. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
An uncompromising thrash/death metal act from the hungarian underground, active since 2021. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Vicious Groove / Thrash Metal from San Antonio.
Holy Trinity is a death/thrash metal band from Łódź, Poland, formed in 2025. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Death metal/deathcore band from Lathen, Germany, formed in 2018. Their graphic approach to extreme metal delivers crushing brutality from the rural reaches of the Emsland region.
Homestell is a death/groove metal band from Laval, France, active since 2015 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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