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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Death metal band from Krefeld in Germany's lower Rhine region, active since 2013 and delivering chaotic, vortex-like brutality true to their name. Their aggressive approach channels death metal's intensity through a relentless sonic assault.
Izhevsk-based black metal, death metal, and melodic black metal act, active since 2022 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Groove/death metal band from the Costa da Morte (Coast of Death) in Galicia, formed in 2016 and drawing dark inspiration from their notoriously treacherous coastline. Their sound pairs groove metal's crushing rhythms with death metal's brutality.
Pushing the boundaries of death metal, this Latvian outfit from Riga has been refining their craft since 2013. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with punishing consistency.
Swedish black/death metal project self-described as 'black tantric metal of death,' debuting in 2015 with Chapel of Bones. Their five-track release blends blackened death metal with occult and tantric thematic elements across 26 minutes of ritualistic extreme metal.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2020, based in Parma, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Symphonic black/death metal project from Finland, active since 2013 and layering orchestral grandeur over extreme metal foundations. Their name referencing the ancient Egyptian underworld adds a mythological dimension to their symphonic extremity.
Death metal band from London, active since 2012 and operating within the UK's vibrant extreme metal underground. Their sound delivers punishing death metal with the intensity and aggression expected from the genre's most committed practitioners.
Karadima is a grindcore/death metal band from the Valparaíso region of Chile, whose name references Fernando Karadima, the Chilean Catholic priest found guilty by the Vatican in 2011 of sexually abusing minors — a deliberate act of social provocation consistent with grindcore's tradition of confrontational naming. The band released their debut full-length Desde hoy seré tu dios in 2018, followed by the nano-EP Torcido and the album Mansión Guarén, both in 2020, all produced through Calaka Records.
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