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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Thrash/death metal band from Manresa, Spain, formed in 2021. Their punishing crossover channels extreme aggression from the Catalan interior.
Based in Catania, this brutal death metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2014. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Brutal death metal band from Hof, Germany, active since 2016. Their merciless brand of slam-heavy brutality pushes death metal to its most extreme limits from Upper Franconia.
Death metal/grindcore band from Murcia, Spain, active since 2016. Their ferocious blast of brutality and grind erupts from the Murcian underground.
Thrash death metal project from Tampere, newly formed in 2025. Their murderous name promises the killing intensity of Finnish thrash and death metal from one of the country's premier music cities.
Forged in Thessaloniki's metal community, this death metal act channels scorching aggression since 2018. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Homúnculo is a death metal and grindcore band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since 2004. The band has appeared on Brazilian grindcore compilations, contributing tracks such as "O Jardim," "A Resposta," and "Nos Somos A Violencia" to the Horrendous Grindcore Freak Compilation series.
Hon-Ra is a death metal band from Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2012 by Wagner de Moraes, Jener Milani, and Rodrigo Zanella. The band draws on influences including Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, and Slayer, and in 2015 organized the first Hon-Ra Metal Fest in their hometown, bringing together acts from the underground gaúcho scene.
Melodic death metal/deathcore band from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, active since 2013. Their ironic name contrasts with serious melodic death metal craftsmanship delivered from the North Sea coast.
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