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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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Ruthless Black / Death Metal out of Texas.
Madison's Ossuary bring a Midwest directness to death metal, leaning on heavy, mid-paced punishment over flashy technicality. Since 2015, they've been a reliable fixture in Wisconsin's underground scene, delivering the kind of punishing riffs the genre was built on.
Helsinki brutal death/groove metal act formed in 2023, merging skull-crushing brutality with rhythmic heaviness. Their pathological name -- referencing bone tissue death -- signals the visceral, anatomically themed extremity of their approach.
Osteoporosis Aguda is a death metal band from Cantaura, Anzoategui, Venezuela, formed in June 2014 by Ruth Figueredo and Luis Enrique Gomez. The band has released a debut full-length, "Suenos de eterna oscuridad..." (2016), and continued with split appearances and the EP "Bienvenida oscuridad, PT.1: Palingenesia" (2023).
Olsztynek death/thrash metal act from Warmia-Masuria in northeastern Poland, active since 2013. Named after the historical East Prussian region, their work carries the weight of a contested border territory's turbulent past.
Otargos is a French black/death metal band founded in Bordeaux in 2001 by vocalist-guitarist Dagoth and drummer R.F. Lord Mysterium, forging a cold, mechanistic sound that balances industrial metal's austerity against blackened death metal's ferocity. The band built a steady discography across labels including debut Ten Eyed Nemesis (2005), Kinetic Zero (2007), Fuck God—Disease Process (2009), No God, No Satan (2010), and Apex Terror, signed to Season of Mist for later releases. Their thematic preoccupations — chaos, destruction, and the negation of divinity — are rendered through a calculated, unrelenting sonic attack.
Molfetta viking/death metal act from Puglia, active since 2020. Their fusion of Norse-themed viking metal with death metal intensity from a Mediterranean port town creates an appealing tension between Nordic mythology and southern Italian heat.
Othuyeg is a death metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, formed in 2017 by guitarists John Long and Syd Xöxō, vocalist Leonardo, bassist Facha, and drummer George Corpsefucker. After a self-titled demo and the "II" EP (2018), the band released their debut full-length "The Doom Walker" in February 2020, a blackened and dissonant death metal record noted for its gritty production and unconventional vocals. They continued with the "Inanis Imago" EP in November 2024, extending their exploration of technical, dissonant extreme metal.
Poznan black/death metal act with hardcore elements, formed in 2023. Their Polish name -- meaning 'stupor' or 'numbness' -- suits a style that batters the listener into submission through relentless aggression from multiple extreme genres.
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