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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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German black/death metal duo from the Nuremberg/Arzberg area, delivering raw extremity since 2014. Their name, translating roughly to 'corpse desecrator,' signals the uncompromising brutality of their blackened death metal assault.
German doom/death metal project formed in 2023, fusing funeral-paced doom with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound channels the crushing weight of both genres through monolithic, slow-burning compositions.
German death/black metal act from Uelzen, formed in 2024 and blending death metal's crushing heaviness with black metal's atmospheric hostility. Their name, meaning 'suffering,' reflects the punishing character of their extreme metal fusion.
Named for one of the world's most venomous scorpions, Melbourne, Florida's Leiurus inject progressive ambition into their blackened death metal, taking the genre into longer, more compositionally complex territory since forming in 2022. The venom is just as potent for being patient.
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.
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