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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Strain on Society deliver death and groove metal from Tampere, combining extreme metal aggression with rhythmic heaviness. Formed in 2023, they bring societal pressure to the Pirkanmaa underground.
Strained craft melodic death metal from the Oulu suburb of Kempele, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with tensile intensity. Formed in 2019, they bring taut aggression to the Ostrobothnia scene.
Death metal band from West Flanders with a memorably macabre name, active since 2012. Their surgical-themed identity sets the stage for visceral death metal that doesn't shy from the genre's most grotesque imagery.
Strangled deliver thrash and death metal from Hamburg, combining the velocity of thrash with death metal's crushing weight. Formed in 2019, they bring choking intensity to the Hanseatic extreme metal scene.
Los Angeles-based progressive death metal band formed in 2013, combining the technical and compositional complexity of progressive metal with the ferocity and downtuned brutality of death metal.
Stranglion Rot deal in death metal from the Finnish underground, channeling the suffocating decay their composite name describes. Active since 2012, they bring strangulation and rot to the Finnish death metal scene.
San Diego, California brutal death metal band formed in 2019, delivering the hyper-blasting percussion, guttural vocals, and dense, down-tuned riffing central to the brutal death metal style.
Gilbert, Arizona goregrind and brutal death metal outfit formed in 2025, combining the frenzied extremity of goregrind with the crushing density of brutal death metal.
Farmington, Minnesota thrash and groove metal act formed in 2021, blending the rhythmic punch of groove metal with classic thrash aggression to produce heavy, head-banging material.
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