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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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French progressive melodic death metal band from Paris, formed in 2022 and blending technical sophistication with melodic hooks. Their approach layers progressive complexity over melodic death metal's harmonic foundation.
Hungarian progressive death metal band from Szeged, crafting technically ambitious compositions since 2008. Named after Stanislaw Lem, their approach brings science-fiction-inspired vision to progressive death metal.
Leng Tch'e is a Belgian grindcore band from Ghent, formed in 2001 and named after the Chinese execution method known as "death by a thousand cuts." The band coined the term "razorgrind" to describe their fusion of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock, and metalcore elements, releasing their debut Death by a Thousand Cuts in 2002 before signing to Relapse Records for a run of albums including Marasmus (2007) and Hypomanic. Their approach to extreme brevity and sonic violence places them among the more intellectually self-aware bands in the genre.
Finnish death metal/grindcore band from Turku, formed in 2023 and blending savage brevity with brutal heaviness. Their playful name belies the serious extremity of their deathgrind assault.
Swedish death metal band formed in 2022, channeling the rich tradition of Swedish death metal. Their understated, personal name contrasts with the brutal intensity of their sound.
Tacoma, Washington's Lenore have been marrying deathcore's crushing breakdowns to death metal's ferocity since 2016, drawing on the Pacific Northwest's tradition of heavy music that doesn't need sunshine to thrive. Bleak, heavy, and built to punish.
German death/thrash metal project formed in 2025, delivering raw aggression through a volatile blend of death and thrash metal. Their approach channels the primal fury of both genres with uncompromising intensity.
Los Angeles death metal outfit Lepra have been rotting through the City of Angels' underground since 2019, offering no melodic concessions and no apologies. Old-school in instinct, unrelenting in practice.
Brutal death metal act from Ronse, Belgium, delivering unrelenting heaviness since 2019. Their sound channels the genre's signature low-tuned aggression and percussive intensity through a no-frills approach to extremity.
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