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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Emerging from Amersfoort's underground, this brutal death metal act has been forging crushing sonic fury since 2024. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Hrafn Jarl is a melodic death metal band from Bordeaux, France, active since 2021 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Spawned in Bratislava's underground, this death/doom metal outfit channels slovak ferocity since 2023. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Deathcore act from Cannes on the French Riviera, active since 2016. Their exotic name contrasts with the glamour of their Côte d'Azur surroundings, delivering crushing modern extremity.
Hruba is a slam/brutal death metal band from Iași, Romania, formed in 2022. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Hrungnir is a melodic black/death metal band from Mariestad, Sweden, formed in 2013. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Htepo is a death metal band from Östergötland, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Amarillo, Texas's Hubris have been bringing metalcore's emotional intensity to the Texas Panhandle since 2015, where the flat horizon and punishing wind seem to breed a certain grim determination. Melodic but never soft.
Melodic black/death metal band from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, formed in 2024. Their debut album Into The Abyss delivers eight tracks spanning nearly forty minutes of extreme metal that weaves between black, death, and thrash metal intensity.
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