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Norwegian melodic thrash metal act active since 2019, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
German progressive black/death metal band formed in 2016. They push extreme metal boundaries through progressive structures woven into a black and death metal foundation.
Death/thrash metal band from Bellinzona, Switzerland, active for over two decades since 2004. Their 2025 farewell album "Fooc Selvadic" closes twenty-plus years of existence, performed in regional Swiss dialect with lyrics rooted in their Ticinese heritage.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Aalen, formed in 2013. They pair Gothenburg-style melodic death metal with metalcore breakdowns and emotional intensity.
German death metal band from Potsdam, formed in 2017. They deliver brutish, no-nonsense death metal from the Brandenburg underground.
German melodic death metal band from Bad Tabarz in Thuringia, formed in 2017. They craft melodic death metal with Nordic influences from the forests of the Thuringian highlands.
Beast Conjurator was a Lovecraftian death metal band from Recife, Brazil, active from 2012 to around 2016. Founded by Sphynx and C Le Sorcier, then expanded with The Dunwich Horror, the band built their identity around H.P. Lovecraft mythology and occult themes, releasing the "First Conjuration" demo (2012) and the "Born from the Darkest Entrails" EP (2013). The posthumous full-length "Summoned to the Abyss" appeared on CD via Dying Music in 2017 after the band dissolved.
German death metal band from Marl, formed in 2019. They channel primal death metal ferocity from the industrial Ruhr region.
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