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Khrophus is a death metal band from São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1993. The current lineup features Leonardo Chagas (vocals, bass), Adriano Ribeiro (guitar), and Carlos Fernandes (drums), and the band has built a steady discography including Presages (2009) and Eyes of Madness (2013), the latter a ten-track album showcasing their straightforward, groove-driven approach to old-school death metal.
Straddling the line between black metal and death metal, this Italian actfrom Milan fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 1995, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Exploring the depths of death metal and groove metal, this Portuguese outfit has been refining their craft since 2024. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with ruthless intent.
Death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Besancon in eastern France, active since 2015 and blending three aggressive styles. Their name adds a mysterious, otherworldly quality to their genre-crossing extremity.
Thrash/death metal band from Paris, formed in 2019 and channeling chaotic aggression from the French capital. Their chaos theory name reflects the calculated disorder at the heart of their extreme metal.
Bolzano-based death metal act, active since 2018 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland, formed in 2018 and blending three styles into a versatile, heavy sound. Their multi-genre approach draws from the full spectrum of Finnish melodic metal.
Cape Coral, Florida's Kick Em Ugly fuse death metal ferocity with the swaggering grit of Southern metal, arriving at something mean-spirited and distinctly American. Their music carries a backwoods heaviness that doesn't apologize for itself.
Melodic death metal band from Hamina on Finland's southeastern coast, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of melodically rich aggression. Their sound continues the rich Finnish melodeath tradition.
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