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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Black/death metal band from Hamburg, formed in 2019 and channeling royal menace through savage extreme metal aggression. Their sound pairs black metal's cold fury with death metal's guttural power.
Zomba-based death metal and melodic death metal act, active since 2017 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in a scene that bridges Western and Eastern European extremity, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Straddling the line between death metal and melodic death metal, this Swedish actfrom Mjölby fuses HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2017, and their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Wielding brutal death metal and death metal as their weapon, this Polish outfit from Kętrzyn has been refining their craft since 2025. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with punishing consistency.
When Kings Will Fall emerged in 2015 from Sarentino (Bolzano), they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and thrash metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Technical death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, active since 2009 with their earliest recordings captured at Shabby Road Studios in Belfast. Their approach combines death metal's ferocity with technical precision and intricate compositional structures.
Indianapolis outfit Kiritsis arrived in 2025 fusing the slow, tar-thick weight of sludge metal with the grime and brutality of death 'n' roll. Their sound feels like the Midwest's industrial bones being ground down — ugly, visceral, and deliberate.
Death metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2021 with a Finnish name meaning "chest" or "coffin." Their sepulchral name captures the burial-ground atmosphere of their northern Finnish death metal.
Death metal band from Grenoble in the French Alps, formed in 2021 and channeling brutal extremity from the mountain city. Their Mayan death-god name adds ancient Mesoamerican mythology to their Alpine death metal.
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