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The Arisen from Lyon deliver progressive death metal with the resurrection energy their name demands since 2017. Their compositions channel the rising-from-the-dead concept through technically ambitious arrangements from France's gastronomic capital.
Founded in September 2013 in Krems an der Donau, The Art of Fading play modern melodic death metal and deathcore, combining driving riffs and heavy breakdowns with melodic passages. They released their debut EP "Principles" in October 2014 and have performed alongside Evergreen Terrace and I Declare War, building their name in the Central European extreme metal circuit.
The Article is a melodic death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2012. They deliver melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work from the Hessian capital.
The Ascension is a death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2013. They deliver powerful, driving death metal with a focus on aggressive songwriting and dynamic arrangements.
The Atrocity Exhibit from Northampton deliver grindcore and death metal named after J.G. Ballard's experimental novel since 2010. Over fifteen years of literary-inspired extremity from the Midlands shoe-capital has channeled avant-garde fiction through relentless blast beats.
The Banned is a black/death/heavy metal/punk band from Schleswig, Germany, active since 2000. They blend influences from across the extreme metal spectrum with punk's raw energy.
The Bearded Ones is a melodic death metal band from Neuruppin, Germany, formed in 2015. They play melodic death metal with dynamic vocal contrasts.
The Beast Within is a technical death metal and deathcore band from Szeged, Hungary, formed in 2016. They combine technical precision with brutal heaviness and breakdown-driven aggression.
Canton, Ohio's The Behest of Serpents deal in melodic death metal with a coiling, venom-laced attack that suits their name — sharp melodic leads threaded through a backbone of heavy, purposeful riffing. Formed in 2021, they're part of a new wave of Midwestern acts proving that the region's industrial heritage continues to produce some of the country's most serious death metal.
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