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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Doom/death metal project from Sofia, formed in 2024, crafting crushing compositions that merge doom's suffocating tempos with death metal's guttural aggression. As one of the newest additions to Bulgaria's extreme metal scene, they represent the genre's continued evolution in the Balkans.
Death metal duo from Altamira, Pará, Brazil, formed in January 2013, with André Maia on bass and vocals and Luiz Quaresma on guitars, vocals, and drum programming. The band released three albums in quick succession — Grotesque Fascination for Dismemberment (2013), Acts of Sadistic Cruelty (2014), and Repulsive Orgy With Dismembered Whores (2015) — before going dormant, then returned with Paths of Inhumanity in 2023. Their lyrics center on sadism, dismemberment, and the extinction of the human race.
Sawol craft atmospheric doom/death metal with alternative influences from Helsinki, building emotionally complex compositions from the Finnish capital. They bring Old English-named soul weight to the Finnish atmospheric doom scene.
Sonambula evolved from death/doom metal into a more death-metal-focused direction from Bilbao, streamlining their sound while maintaining the crushing weight of their origins. Active since 2016, they bring Basque sleepwalking intensity to the Spanish extreme scene.
Warsaw's Söver pair death and thrash metal from the Polish capital since 2022. Their accented name and capital-city energy channel modern aggression into compositions of dual-genre force.
Søppelskaler is a black/death metal band from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, whose Danish-inspired name reflects an approach to extreme metal that combines black metal's raw menace with death metal's crushing low-end weight.
Sungehel forge black/death metal from Tallinn, their Estonian-language name adding a local linguistic dimension to their extreme output. Active since 2015, they bring Baltic darkness to the Tallinn underground.
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