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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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Progressive/melodic death metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 2005. Two decades of technically ambitious melodic death metal have made them a cornerstone of the Estonian metal scene.
Human Harvest is a death metal/grindcore band from Sundsvall, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Punishing death metal project from Azores, carving a path through Portugal's underground since 2019. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Heavy speed metal act from Belfort near the Swiss border, active since 2020. Their lunar name adds atmospheric mystique to compositions channeling classic speed metal energy from eastern France.
Industrial death metal band from Sjaelland, Denmark, active since 2015. Their mechanized approach fuses the cold precision of industrial music with death metal brutality.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Franconia/Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2026. The freshest melodic death-groove voice in the Bavarian scene, they blend catchy melodies with heavy grooves.
Human Meat Grinder is a one-person death metal and grindcore project from São Paulo, Brazil, created by Rafael Douglas. Their debut EP Matadouro (December 2021) blends death metal and grindcore with sociopolitical lyrics documenting the catastrophic social and political conditions faced by Brazilians, with all tracks written, recorded, and mixed by Douglas at home.
Heavy metal outfit from Granada in Andalusia, newly formed in 2025. Their straightforward name declares allegiance to traditional metal from a city renowned for Moorish architecture and flamenco.
Human Nihility is a brutal death metal band from Luhansk, Ukraine, formed in 2015. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
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