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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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Melodic death metal band from Cieza in the Murcia region, active since 2014 and delivering Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from southeastern Spain. Their sound pairs melodic twin-guitar harmonies with Mediterranean intensity.
Novorossiysk-based death metal and grindcore act, active since 2013 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Helsinki deathcore band that evolved into symphonic deathcore since forming in 2025, adding orchestral grandeur to the genre's crushing breakdowns. Their commanding name matches the imperial intensity of their symphonic extremity.
Dutch avant-garde metal, black metal, and death metal act, active since 2019 delivering second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Rooted in the Low Countries' prolific death metal tradition, their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Reno, Nevada's Knightfall forges melodic death metal with a folk metal thread running through it since 2023. The blend of melody, folk texture, and death metal aggression gives them a storytelling dimension rare in the desert Nevada scene.
Knightrider is a thrash/death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, documented on the Encyclopaedia Metallum with a discography that includes the war-themed demo "War" (2003). The band's lyrical content centers on the subject of war. They remain an independent act within the underground metal scene of northeastern Brazil.
Deathcore band from Augsburg in Bavaria, active since 2014 and delivering breakdown-heavy aggression with guttural vocals. Their decade of output represents the heavier end of the Bavarian modern metal scene.
Funeral doom/death metal band from Brest in Brittany, active since 2016 and delivering glacially slow, crushing compositions from the western tip of France. Their chemical-formula name (potassium nitrate, aka saltpeter) adds explosive potential beneath their glacial surface.
Death metal project from Germany, formed in 2022 with a name translating to "bone mill," evoking images of medieval charnel houses. Their crushing death metal grinds through heavy, punishing compositions.
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