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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Ukrainian death metal band from Pershotravensk, active since 2021. Named after a Slavic forest spirit, their approach channels folklore-rooted darkness through death metal's brutal framework.
Two-plus decades deep in the Oxnard underground, Lesion grind out a raw hybrid of thrash and death metal that carries the working-class grit of Southern California's surf-and-steel coast.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Lest We Forget began as deathcore bruisers before expanding into progressive metalcore territory — their evolution mirrors the slow, deliberate weight of their Steel Belt hometown.
Prague-based death/thrash metal band active since 2018, blending melodic thrash and death metal with metalcore sensibilities. Their album 'The Journey' and follow-up 'Towards The Sun' feature dynamic song structures ranging from sub-two-minute bursts to sprawling seven-minute epics.
Lethal Infection are a black/death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, who began releasing material in 2017 with the demo Holy Pervertor and quickly followed it with a second demo, The Chant of the Black Prophecies. The band appeared on the split CD Morbid Chants from Southamerican Abyss alongside Putrid, released through Morbid Skull Records.
Lethal Sense is a death metal band from Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, playing a raw and brutal style the band describes as mixing death metal with violent splatter. They released the EP "The Trip" in 2012, a five-track recording featuring tracks such as "Human Flesh" and "Rotten Blood".
Swiss symphonic death/thrash metal act from Collombey, debuting with 'Mechanical Era' in 2024. Their sound blends industrial, death, and progressive metal elements across compositions set in post-apocalyptic and futuristic worlds.
Russian brutal death metal band from Dobryanka in the Urals, delivering punishing extremity since 2012. Their name captures the fatal, death-dealing precision of their brutal death metal.
Spanish death/doom metal band from Salamanca, merging death metal's brutality with doom's crushing pace since 2018. Their name captures the heavy, slow-burning lethargy that defines their sound.
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