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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Heavy Thrash / Death Metal / Metalcore from Lubbock.
Death/thrash/groove metal band from Bochum in the Ruhr area, formed in 2017 and fusing three aggressive metal styles into a hard-hitting blend. Their versatile approach draws from the industrial grit of western Germany's most densely populated region.
Six-member deathcore and death metal unit from Villach formed in 2010, painting "a dark picture of the world" through their music. Their 2016 album Aeon of Damnation layers symphonic elements over brutal breakdowns and blast beats.
Death metal band from Chelmsford in Essex, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity within the UK death metal underground. Their sound favors aggression and brutality over technical showmanship.
Newark, Ohio's Kill the Idealist channel melodic death metal with a contemporary edge, balancing aggression and melody without letting either element fully dominate. A recent arrival to the scene, formed in 2020, they show a band still sharpening its identity.
Cincinnati death metal act Kill the Messenger have been building their catalog since 2012, delivering the kind of methodical, riff-heavy brutality that defines the Midwest's quieter but persistent extreme metal tradition.
Melodic death metal band from Lahti in southern Finland, active since 2011 and delivering hook-laden, romantically themed melodeath. Their provocative name contrasts with the melodic polish of their Scandinavian death metal sound.
The Italian city of Turin serves as headquarters for this death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Underground to the core, this brutal death metal and death metal act from Budapest traffics in labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Since 2010, they've built a catalog that reflects Hungary's underappreciated metal tradition.
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