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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death metal band from Nantes in western France, active since 2015 and delivering a decade of brutal compositions from the Loire estuary. Their collision-themed name captures the impact force of their death metal.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Sahalahti in the Pirkanmaa region, active since 2011 and named after the Soviet collective farm system. Their over-a-decade output channels Eastern Bloc industrial imagery through Finnish melodeath.
Death metal band from Bordeaux, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of crushing extremity from southwestern France. Their Greek-derived name meaning "mutilated" signals the violent nature of their death metal.
Prague death/thrash metal band active since 2011, not to be confused with the Swedish post-metal outfit of the same name. Their Czech take on the death-thrash crossover blends old-school aggression with modern production sensibilities.
Melodic death metal band from Joensuu in North Karelia, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of hook-laden aggression. Their colossal name captures the monumental scope of their Finnish melodeath.
Death metal band from Peterborough, active since 2015 and operating within the UK's death metal underground. Their sound delivers the relentless aggression and guttural intensity that defines the genre.
Melodic death/stoner metal band from Finland, formed in 2017 and blending the unlikely combination of Finnish melodeath with fuzz-heavy stoner grooves. Their fighting-game name adds a combative edge to their genre-crossing approach.
Deathcore band from Avignon in Provence, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of breakdown-heavy aggression. Their fortress-referencing name adds medieval weight to their southern French deathcore.
Burlington, Vermont's Komodo VT has been fusing sludge and death metal since 2021 in one of New England's most unlikely metal cities. Their heaviness carries the cold, grinding weight of Vermont winters — slow, suffocating, and harder than the surrounding landscape suggests it should be.
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