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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Deathgrind outfit from Linz whose self-described sound is simply "filthy and grimy," with three releases spanning a decade from Fuck Sanity in 2015 to Severe Dysfunction in 2025. Their short, punishing tracks blend black and death metal intensity with grindcore brevity.
A product of the Netherlands' punishingly heavy metal scene, this Balkbrug-based death metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2020, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Black/death metal band from Kouvola representing the Karelian diaspora of southeastern Finland, active since 2005 with a name evoking their Karelian roots. Their two decades of extreme metal channel the warrior spirit of Finland's eastern borderland.
Melodic black/death/gothic metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2019 and blending three distinct metal subgenres into dark, ornate compositions. Their multi-layered approach pairs melodic hooks with extreme metal intensity and gothic atmospherics.
Ann Arbor's Karkajou have been building progressive death metal of unusual depth and compositional ambition since 2011, the university city's intellectual culture seemingly embedded in their approach to extreme music. Challenging and rewarding in equal measure.
Punishing Death Metal from Santa Rosa.
Barcelona-based band that evolved from folk/black metal origins in 2006 into symphonic/melodic death metal territory. Their nearly two decades of artistic evolution trace a path from raw folk-tinged extremity to polished, orchestral aggression.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels black metal and death metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2017, based in Bologna, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Budapest-formed death metal act originally called Above The Under, regrouping in 2013 as Karmageddon to blend doom, grunge, and southern rock influences into a heavy Eastern European crossover. Their 2015 Preborn EP channels the darkest voids of doom through the pungent grit of southern metal.
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