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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Death metal band from Silkeborg, Denmark, active since 2022 and carrying the weight of their namesake through crushing, grave-heavy compositions. Their sound embodies the relentless brutality and morbid atmosphere that defines Scandinavian death metal.
Veteran extreme metal band from Naples, Italy, active since 1996 and evolving from early brutal death metal toward a blend of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore. Nearly three decades of activity make them one of the longest-running extreme acts in the Neapolitan underground.
Metalcore and death metal band from Cheltenham, England, active since 2019. Their sound fuses metalcore's structured aggression with death metal's guttural intensity from the Cotswolds.
Death metal band from the port city of Le Havre in Normandy, France, active since 2018. Their sound channels the raw energy and heaviness of death metal from France's northwestern coast.
Melodic black and death metal project from the Finnish port city of Kotka, emerging in 2025 with a sound that merges melodic sensibilities with extreme metal aggression. Their approach balances the atmospheric qualities of melodic black metal with death metal's guttural intensity.
Progressive death metal band from Madrid, Spain, exploring expansive sonic territories since 2018 with releases including the album The Rift. Their sound pushes progressive death metal's boundaries through dynamic compositions that balance aggression with atmospheric depth.
Undesirable is a thrash/death metal band from Velky Krtis, Slovakia, active since 2010 and delivering aggressive extreme metal from the southern Slovak countryside. The band channels raw thrash and death metal energy from one of Central Europe's smaller metal scenes.
Melodic death metal and metalcore hybrid from the Mannheim-Weinheim region of Germany, fusing Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with the breakdowns and energy of metalcore since 2018. Their dual-genre approach delivers both the harmonic depth of melodic death metal and metalcore's visceral punch.
Black and death metal act from Barcelona, Spain, emerging in 2022 with a sound that fuses the cold atmospheres of black metal with death metal's crushing weight. Their Catalan capital origins place them within one of Spain's most active extreme metal communities.
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