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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Ferrol death metal/crust act from Galicia's Atlantic coast, active since 2016. Their Armenian-language name adds an unexpected cultural layer to their fusion of death metal heaviness with crust punk's raw urgency.
Helsinki death/black metal act active since 2016, contributing to Finland's capital city's expansive extreme metal community. Their fusion of death and black metal draws from the deep well of Finnish extremity that produced acts like Beherit and Demilich.
Silesian death metal/metalcore act formed in 2023, blending death metal's ferocity with metalcore's structured breakdowns. Poland's Upper Silesian industrial basin continues to produce heavy music that reflects the region's gritty, hardworking character.
Overall Miscreation deal in technically-minded death metal underpinned by themes of misanthropy, anti-religion, and apocalyptic collapse. After their 2019 debut Tales from the Abyss, they returned in 2024 with Emissary of the Great Armageddon, a seven-track record that pushes further into technical territory while keeping the songwriting rooted in blunt aggression.
Athens progressive death metal act active since 2016, bringing technical ambition and compositional depth to the Greek extreme metal scene. Their work balances death metal's heaviness with progressive complexity in a city known more for its black metal heritage.
Alexandroupoli death metal act from Greece's northeastern corner near the Turkish border, formed in 2023. Their position at the crossroads of Greek and Turkish Thrace lends a frontier quality to their death metal.
Belfast's Overoth delivers crushing death metal with a relentless intensity rooted in the old-school tradition of Morbid Angel and Immolation. Their compositions pile on blast beats and guttural vocals with uncompromising ferocity, representing Northern Ireland's death metal underground.
Death/thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, active since 2013. Their long-running project combines death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed from Helsinki's neighboring city.
Overthrow were a death metal band from Buenos Aires active from 1991 until their split-up. They contributed tracks "Devil's Eyes" and "Conquer the Fear" to the Death Metal Advance CD (1994), and released a split with Uruguayan band Morbid Blood titled Devil's Eyes / World of Violence in 1995, their side recorded at Matadero studios.
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