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Agamemnon (2025)
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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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Death/doom metal band from Szeged, Hungary, active since 2019. Their Hungarian name, meaning 'decomposition' or 'rotting,' signals the putrid character of their death-doom from the Tisza river city.
Dublin act that evolved from ambient/post-metal origins into a heavier death metal and deathcore direction, reflecting a dramatic stylistic shift since 2020. Their transformation from atmospheric contemplation to punishing aggression traces a bold creative arc.
Death/thrash metal band from Rupea/Brașov in Transylvania, Romania, active since 2018. Their approach merges death metal with thrash from the heart of vampire country.
Illinois death metal act Rotted has been grinding away since 2017, delivering the kind of unadorned, no-nonsense brutality that strips the genre down to its essential ugliness. Without a fixed city anchoring their identity, they let the music speak purely in the language of putrefaction.
Oxford, Connecticut's Rotted Through formed in 2021 at the intersection of death metal's surgical brutality and deathcore's bone-crushing breakdown culture. The band merges the technical aggression of classic death metal with the modern heaviness that defines the New England extreme scene.
Rotten Brain is a French death/doom metal project formed in 2020. The project merges death metal heaviness with doom metal's crushing pace.
Rotten Breath is a death metal band from Karlskoga, Sweden, formed in 2016. Playing death'n'roll that blends death metal with rock and roll grooves, the band has persevered through lineup changes including the loss of founding member William Wilhelmsson in 2019.
Rotten Cavern is a doom/death metal band from Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2024. The band channels cavernous doom-death from the ancient Roman port city on the Mediterranean.
Death metal band from Funchal, Madeira, formed in 2021. Their approach delivers death metal from the Atlantic island.
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