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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Gothic, death, and doom metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, active since 2008, whose Ukrainian name means 'wormwood field.' Over seventeen years of dark, atmospheric metal from western Ukraine.
Brunswick's Ponthiever brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to Lower Saxony since 2022. Their Gothenburg-worship approach — harmonized leads over driving rhythms — finds a welcoming home in the historically significant ducal city.
Orlando's Pontifex conjures symphonic death-black metal with the ceremonial gravity their name demands — the marriage of orchestral sweep, death metal ferocity, and black metal atmosphere creates something that feels genuinely liturgical. Active since 2023, they're part of Florida's long tradition of extreme metal that aims for grandeur without sacrificing savagery.
Brutal death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2002, combining brutal death metal riffs with hardcore compositions and uncompromising drums. Their fourth album Faceless Atrocities features female vocalist Bara delivering savage vocal performances, released through Amputated Veins Records.
Death metal and grindcore band from Ukraine, formed in 2018, delivering extreme sonic violence from the Ukrainian underground. They bring grinding death metal intensity.
Death metal and hardcore band from the Netherlands, formed in 2011, whose provocative Italian name is among the most notorious blasphemies in the Italian language. They channel confrontational extremity through death metal and hardcore.
Experimental death and doom metal band from Sonta, Serbia, named after the blood disorder porphyria. They bring medically themed experimental extremity to the Vojvodina underground.
Melodic death metal band from Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, active since 2005, delivering two decades of melodic death metal from the Povazie region. They are among the longest-running melodic death metal acts in Slovakia.
A 2025 Copenhagen death metal project, Pustulant Flesh deals in the most viscerally unpleasant imagery the genre can offer. Their capital-city base connects them to Denmark's deep death metal lineage while their name signals an allegiance to the genre's most grotesque traditions.
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