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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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German death metal band from Markneukirchen, emerging in 2020 with a commitment to the genre's brutal foundations. Their sound channels death metal's signature crushing intensity and guttural ferocity.
Prattville, Alabama's Last Transgression has been carving out death-thrash territory since 2011, channeling the American South's heat and grime into riffs that hit like a sledgehammer.
Swedish melodic death metal/metalcore band from Stockholm, blending Scandinavian melodeath with hardcore intensity since 2011. Their approach channels the melodic traditions of Swedish death metal with modern metalcore dynamics.
Ukrainian melodic death metal band from Kropyvnytskyi, crafting harmonic precision since 2020. Their wandering name evokes the searching, journey-like character of their melodeath compositions.
Spanish melodic death metal/metalcore band from Plentzia, blending Scandinavian melodeath hooks with hardcore aggression since 2017. Their approach bridges melodic sophistication and breakneck heaviness.
Anonymous* Activist Band, focused on immigrant rights and the cultures that bring life to the Americas. Fast shredding 8 string guitar riffs accompanied by pummeling drums and accented soundscapes brings the listener on a chaotic journey.
Swiss death metal act from Zurich with a long history stretching back to 1999 and an extensive discography. Their catalog spans numerous full-lengths and EPs, delivering consistent death metal brutality over more than two decades.
Blackened grindcore colliding with death metal at full speed, Laughing and Lying produce short, violent bursts of noise designed to disorient and devastate in equal measure.
Ukrainian blackened death metal band from Irpin, merging volcanic intensity with extreme metal since 2021. Their elemental name captures the molten, subterranean fury of their blackened death approach.
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