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Graz-based melodic death metal sextet founded in 2007, Rest in Fear gained significant recognition as semifinalists at the Austrian Band Contest 2011, main-stage openers at MetalDays 2014, and nominees at the 2015 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Hard & Heavy category. Their two albums, Insert Yourself (2011) and Shallows Deep (2014, G Minor Records), blend catchy keyboard and guitar hooklines with fast-paced death metal aggression.
Rest in Pain is a death metal band from Tröbnitz in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2014. The band delivers punishing death metal from the small-town Thuringian countryside.
Death metal/grindcore band from Treviso, Italy, active since 2013. Their Spanish name, meaning 'human remains,' accompanies extreme metal from the Veneto town.
Richmond, Virginia's Restrictor Plate fuse brutal death metal with hardcore in a way that echoes the city's long tradition of crossing heavy music subgenres with confrontational directness. Formed in 2024, they're among the newest entries in Richmond's storied scene, bringing a modern take on the powerviolence-adjacent death metal hybrid. Short, violent, and built for the pit.
Technical death metal band from Sulmona in Abruzzo, Italy, with roots dating to 1998. Nearly three decades of technically demanding death metal from the mountain town famous for its confetti.
Death metal band from Tomar, Portugal, formed in 2023. Their approach delivers death metal from the Knights Templar city in central Portugal.
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2010. Their long-running project delivers intense death metal from the Greek capital.
Resurrected is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 1997. Nearly three decades of activity make them one of the veteran acts in the Ruhr area's extreme metal underground.
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