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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Death metal and grindcore band from Thessaloniki, active since 2010 and dealing in the extreme aggression where death metal's guttural heaviness meets grindcore's frenzied velocity. Their longevity in the Thessaloniki scene reflects a committed approach to extreme music.
On the warpath since 2022, this Reykjavík Death Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within Iceland's volcanic metal underground speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Active in Simferopol since 2013, this Ukrainian act forges Black Metal and Death Metal built on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Death metal and grindcore outfit from the Bolbec/Le Havre/Rouen corridor in Normandy, France, formed in 2024. The band merges grinding blast-beat intensity with guttural death metal savagery in the tradition of classic grind/death crossover.
Symphonic/folk/melodic death metal and metalcore band from Barcelona, active since 2012 and weaving an ambitious tapestry of four distinct metal subgenres. Their Finnish name meaning "cold" signals Nordic influence filtered through Catalan artistry.
Six-piece melodic death metal band from Besançon, France, formed in 2024, infusing their sound with folk and black metal elements to tell legends of the Franche-Comté region. Their debut album Mythes et Légendes de la Comté, recorded at Disvlar Studio, weaves regional folklore into a tapestry of melodic extremity.
Erupting out of Everett, Washington in 2024, Kyphosis fuse brutal death metal and grindcore with jarring industrial textures — a collision of brute force and mechanical hostility that feels genuinely new even by extreme metal standards.
New York's Kyrios traffic in the no-man's-land between death and black metal, built on a foundation of malevolent riffing and cold, adversarial atmosphere since their 2020 formation.
Sisak-based death metal act, active since 2025 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in a scene that blends Mediterranean atmosphere with extreme aggression, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
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