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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death/doom and gothic metal band from Kuopio, active since 2014 with a Finnish name meaning "valley of death." Their sound merges crushing death-doom weight with gothic metal's dark elegance from the eastern Finnish lakeland.
Named for the ancient Sumerian underworld, Lexington, Kentucky's Kur has been dealing in blackened death metal since 2021. Their music draws on mythology to frame an unrelenting sonic darkness — grinding, malevolent, and rooted in both genres' most corrosive qualities.
Rising from Alblasserdam's metal underground, this Dutch act forges Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal built on Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Melodic death metal band from the rural Odsherred area of Denmark, formed in 2021 and named after the immortal warrior from Highlander. Their sound channels Scandinavian melodeath traditions with a distinctly Danish character.
Black/death metal band from Katowice in Upper Silesia, active since 2009 and merging both genres' ferocity. Their Polish name referencing burial mounds channels the ancient, sepulchral darkness of Slavic death culture.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Helsinki, active since 2012 and blending three aggressive styles across over a decade. Their Finnish name meaning "misery" or "wretchedness" captures the anguish underlying their melodic extremity.
Death'n'roll/sludge metal/crust punk band from Tartu, Estonia, formed in 2019 and fusing three distinct styles into a grimy, high-energy blend. Their Estonian-language project name adds local character to their genre-crossing approach.
Samara's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Black/death metal band from Ourense in inland Galicia, formed in 2019 and named after the catastrophic WWII naval battle. Their extreme metal channels the same devastating power as their historical namesake.
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