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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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Ann Arbor, Michigan veterans Kathode have been at it since 1996, blending death metal's brutality with thrash's aggression and occasional blasts of grindcore chaos into a relentlessly punishing whole.
Chico, California's Kattattak blur the line between melodic death metal and metalcore, bringing driving rhythms and melodic hooks together with enough extremity to satisfy fans of both worlds since 2016.
Death/thrash metal band from Le Mans in western France, formed in 2017 and fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's relentless speed. Their sound draws aggressive energy from the city famous for its endurance race.
Crushing Deathcore from San Antonio.
Melodic death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2018 and carrying forward the Finnish melodeath tradition from the capital. Their Finnish name meaning "grudge" or "resentment" captures the bitterness underlying their melodic aggression.
Melodic doom/death metal band from Hamina, active since 2012 with a name meaning "beautiful immortal" in Finnish. Their unique, recognizable sound expands doom metal's stereotypes by blending beautiful melancholic soundscapes with extreme-driven energy and energetic screams.
Death metal/metalcore band from Paris, active since 2013 and blending death metal's brutality with metalcore's dynamics. Their confrontational, conflict-driven name matches the combative energy of their genre-crossing sound.
Black/death metal band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in the Barcelona metropolitan area, active since 2015 and delivering dark, cauterizing extremity. Their surgical-themed name matches the precise, searing intensity of their sound.
Black/death metal project with roots in Germany and later based in Tampa, Florida, active since 2015 and bridging European and American extreme metal traditions. Their transatlantic approach draws from both continents' distinct approaches to black and death metal.
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