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Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2016. Their sound integrates electronic production with the aggressive dynamics of metalcore and melodic death metal.
Deathcore outfit from Solingen in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, bringing breakdown-heavy aggression since 2023. Their sound channels the genre's characteristic blend of death metal technicality with hardcore-rooted heaviness.
Brand new as of 2024, Omaha's Unthroned fuse death metal's terminal violence with groove metal's swing and stomp, making them one to watch in Nebraska's small but committed heavy music community. The groove/death combination gives them an immediately accessible brutality.
German black doom metal project created 'for the love of noise,' releasing their self-titled debut in December 2022 through Crawling Chaos Records. The five-track, 45-minute album blends blackened doom with post-metal elements, issued as a limited edition of 100 hand-screened CDs.
Funeral doom and death metal project from Athens, Greece, emerging in 2024 with a sound that explores the most devastatingly slow extremes of doom. Their Athenian origin adds a Hellenic dimension to their crushing funeral doom compositions.
Death metal band from Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern French coast, active since 2012. Their decade-plus commitment to death metal from the channel port reflects a sustained dedication to extreme music.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Nice on the French Riviera, active since 2014. Their sound fuses Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with the breakdowns and energy of metalcore against the unlikely backdrop of the Mediterranean coast.
Four-piece Brussels metal act blending metalcore with melodic death metal, self-described as four horsemen of chaos delivering harsh realities through music. Their 2023 debut album Sent To Die features eight tracks of intense, layered aggression praised for its production quality and dynamic guitar and bass interplay.
Solo melodic deathcore project from Vienna created by Niko 'Abyss' Apostolakis, blending deathcore intensity with melodic death metal depth and technical precision. Influenced by classical composers and Dark Souls soundtracks, their releases include the debut album Before the Decay of Time and the EP A World in Flames.
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