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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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Vicenza death metal and hardcore act formed in 2022, fusing extreme metal brutality with hardcore's raw directness. Their aggressive crossover channels the intensity of both traditions.
Skopje melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2019, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from North Macedonia. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
Death 'n' roll/stoner metal band from Toruń, Poland, active since 2018. Their approach blends death metal's heaviness with rock 'n' roll swagger and stoner grooves from the medieval copernican city.
Los Angeles death metal act Rut take a hardcore-influenced approach — their Bandcamp handle nods to it directly — combining the blunt force of death metal with the short-fused aggression of the HC underground since 2016.
Rutabaga is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2012. The group blends melodic death metal sensibilities with metalcore breakdowns, drawing from the aggressive musical traditions of the Russian extreme metal underground.
Ruthless Order is a melodic death/power metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2010. Their debut album 'Awakened Witnesses of Nascence' features intricate guitar work and atmospheric songwriting that fuses power metal melody with progressive death metal aggression.
Formed in Granada Hills in 2021, Ruthven play thrash-inflected death metal with a sharp, riff-forward attack that draws from both genres without softening either's edges.
Death metal band from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2021. Their Swedish-sounding name, meaning 'rotten skull,' accompanies death metal from across the Tagus from Lisbon.
Progressive death/black metal band from Hønefoss, Norway, formed in 2019. Their approach pushes death and black metal into progressive territory from the Buskerud town.
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