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Under Fetid Corpses is a Portuguese goregrind and death metal project from Porto, delivering visceral extremity through their 2015 debut Archives of Carnage. The 13-track release was issued in limited CD and cassette runs, both of which quickly sold through.
Death and thrash metal band from London, England, emerging in 2024 with a sound that fuses both genres' aggressive qualities. Their approach combines the speed and riff-driven energy of thrash with death metal's guttural intensity.
Thrash and death metal band from Kuopio, Finland, delivering blade-sharp aggression since 2015. Their sound fuses the speed of thrash with death metal's heaviness, rooted in the Finnish tradition of extreme metal excellence.
Thrash and death metal act from Holzminden, Germany, delivering unrelenting aggression since 2015. Their sound merges the speed and precision of thrash with death metal's guttural intensity, rooted firmly in the German extreme metal tradition.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Parma, Italy, emerging in 2025. Their sound blends Scandinavian melodic death metal influences with modern deathcore's breakdown-heavy approach.
Genre-defying extreme metal act from Aachen, Germany, described as a chimera of mathcore, post-grind, grindcore, and black metal, active since 2008. Their 2019 album Empire of Bastards, mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios London, showcases their refusal to follow stereotypical metal conventions.
Under the Scythe is a technical death metal and deathcore band from Yaroslavl, Russia, formed in 2009 and battle-tested through shows alongside Slaughter to Prevail, Carnifex, and Despised Icon. Their discography spans from 2010's The Truth Inside You through 2024's Aether single, with Apotheosis receiving a remaster in 2023.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Southampton, England, active since 2022 and blending Scandinavian melodeath influences with modern deathcore breakdowns. Their south coast origins place them within the UK's growing extreme metal community.
Under-Construction is a black/death metal project from Soke, Turkey, active since 2021 and operating in the Turkish extreme metal underground. The project channels black and death metal aggression from the Aegean coast of Turkey.
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