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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Windsor, Colorado's Rise as Legends have been developing their brand of melodic death metal since 2015, weaving intricate lead work and soaring song structures into the brutality the genre demands. The band brings a distinctly American perspective to a Scandinavian-rooted style, balancing aggressive riffing with melodic hooks that reward repeated listens.
Rise in Rage is a groove and melodic death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2011 and committed to delivering high-quality metal both on stage and in the studio. Their releases include the 2014 album Серая кровь and the 2020 single Крылы, with all proceeds from the latter donated to a Belarusian foundation assisting repressed individuals and their families.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Bridgwater, Somerset, active since 2013. Their approach combines slam brutality with deathcore's devastating breakdowns.
Rise of Nothingness is an industrial black/death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2023. The band fuses mechanical industrial elements with black and death metal from the French capital.
Slam/brutal death metal band from Texel, a Wadden Sea island in the Netherlands, formed in 2025. Their tongue-in-cheek name accompanies slamming brutality from one of the most unlikely metal origins imaginable.
Death metal/grindcore band from Genoa, Italy, formed in 2020. Named after the giant centipede, their approach delivers venomous extreme metal from the Ligurian port city.
Death/groove metal band from Bergamo, Italy, active since 2014. Their tyrant-themed name accompanies heavy, rhythmically driven extreme metal from the Lombardy foothills.
Rising Darkness is a death metal band from Linköping, Sweden, active since 2015. The band brings dark and aggressive death metal from the Östergötland region of Sweden.
Rising Fear is a death metal band from Duisburg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2022. The band delivers death metal from the major industrial city at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers.
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