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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Legendary French metal act from Nantes, active since 1999, famous for combining powerful riffs with devastating humor in equal measure. Regular performers at Hellfest and the Olympia, their albums including Panzer Surprise deliver extreme metal with an unmistakable comedic twist.
Ultrapodre is a death metal and grindcore act from Seixal, Portugal, trafficking in the grotesque extremity of the goregrind tradition since 2014. Their 2015 debut Archives of Carnage delivers 13 tracks of visceral, gore-soaked grinding death metal.
Death metal band from Salamanca, Spain, active since 2010 and carrying the name 'Beyond the Grave' in their extreme sonic explorations. Their approach to death metal reflects the growing strength of the Spanish extreme metal underground.
Death, thrash, and grindcore crossover act from Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain, delivering a relentless fusion of extreme subgenres since 2021. Their sound combines the speed of grindcore with thrash and death metal's structural complexity.
Death and thrash metal band from Clusone in the Bergamo Alps of Italy, active since 2013. Their aggressive sound merges the ferocity of death metal with thrash's relentless speed from the alpine foothills of Lombardy.
Death and black metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway, active since 2024 and whose name means 'wolf hunger' in Norwegian. Their dual-genre approach combines death metal's brutality with the cold fury of Norwegian black metal.
Gothic and death metal band from Toulouse, France, featuring female vocals alongside black and death metal elements, formed by founding members of Leiden and In Lupus Pacis in 2018. Their releases including The Origins and Lioness blend dark metal, melodic hooks, and contrasting vocal styles.
Chaotic electronic and avant-garde industrial death metal project from Brighton, England, active since 1996 with an enormous catalog spanning over 16 releases. Self-described as a chaotic electronic project, their work including Bio-Technological Brain and Zirconium Hypnowave blends cybergrind and science fiction themes.
Umbersun is a five-piece atmospheric doom/death metal band from Cluj Napoca, Romania, whose 2024 debut Endless Winter Nights delivers over an hour of dark romantic gothic-tinged doom death. The album was produced at Fascination Street Studios and features guest vocals from Andrada Hofmeister.
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