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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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![The Blue Nowhere (Deluxe Edition) [24-bit HD audio]](https://usmetalindex.com/img/thumbnails/eb5bec29481470062aa2a2fac26c7c35bfa80043cf23caaa34049a2882506799.jpg)
The Blue Nowhere (Deluxe Edition) [24-bit HD audio] (2025)
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A black/death metal band from New Brighton, Pennsylvania formed in 1988, later changing their name and surfacing on compilations through Thrash Records across the following decades.
Death metal band from Stabroek, Belgium, active since 2016. They bring relentless death metal ferocity from Belgium's Antwerp province underground.
Finnish death metal and grindcore band from Helsinki, formed in 2025. They deliver battle-shocked death-grind from the Finnish capital.
Melodic death metal outfit from Slatina, formed in 2011. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Luleå-based black metal act active since 2024, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Swedish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
German melodic death metal band from the Viersen-Cologne region, active since 1999 and self-described as holding the banner of melodic death metal high for over two decades. Their extensive catalog from Failing in Triumph through their 25th anniversary album (XX)V - Of Tales and Tragedies showcases a distinctive blend of Scandinavian melodeath influence with their own powerful style.
German thrash/death metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, formed in 2019. They combine thrash metal's velocity with death metal's crushing heaviness from the North Sea coast.
Death metal outfit from Milan, formed in 2020. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
German black/death metal project from Bavaria, formed in 2022. As their name suggests, they unite Austrian and Bavarian metal brotherhood in a blackened death metal assault.
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