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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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San Jose, California death/thrash metal band formed in 2014, blending the technical ferocity of Bay Area thrash with old-school death metal brutality.
Viennese brutal death metal solo project of Daniel Gebhart, handling guitars, bass, vocals, and programmed drums, with their debut "Eradication Fascination" slated for 2026. The project delivers unrelenting brutality through one musician's singular, uncompromising vision of extreme metal.
Subduer deal in black/death metal and noise from Baden-Wurttemberg, combining extreme metal's heaviness with the abrasive textures of noise. Formed in 2022, they bring multi-faceted aggression to the southwestern German underground.
Malmo's Subfret deliver progressive death metal from Sweden's Oresund coast since 2021. Their below-the-fret name channels the technical precision of guitar craftsmanship into compositions of musically ambitious extremity.
Pisa's Subhuman pair death and thrash metal from the Tuscan tower city since 2005. Two decades of activity have honed their aggressive approach into something reliably brutal and time-tested.
Novara's Subhuman Hordes merge death metal and grindcore from the Piedmontese plains since 2015. Their horde-mentality name channels the overwhelming force of numbers into dense, relentless extremity.
Brutal death metal band from Ecorse, Michigan, formed in 2022, delivering pulverizing extremity in the vein of the Midwest's tradition of uncompromising underground brutality.
Death metal band from Huntsville, Alabama, formed in 2018, contributing to the state's growing extreme metal scene with straightforward death metal aggression.
Subjugated deliver technical and brutal death metal from Bilbao, building mathematically precise compositions of extreme aggression. Their Basque Country base connects them to one of Spain's most intense musical cultures.
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