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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Czech death metal band from Česká Třebová, formed in 2014. They deliver brutal, technically inclined death metal rooted in the genre's classic traditions.
Melodic death metal outfit from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, formed in 2023. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Death/doom outfit from Budapest, formed in 2017. Their music inhabits the oppressive space where death metal's aggression meets doom's suffocating weight.
Bipolar Noise is an extreme metal band from Jacareí, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2021. The trio blends grindcore, death metal, and hardcore with psychedelic lyrical themes and shifting tempos, releasing the EP "Necrocão" on Bandcamp.
Punishing brutal death metal from Athens, formed in 2012. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Nitra-based melodic death metal act active since 2024, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
German melodic black/death metal band from Bamberg, formed in 2017. They blend melodic black and death metal with heavy rock influences for a versatile, genre-crossing sound.
Death/black metal band from Stoke-on-Trent, active since 2014. They deliver aggressive extremity blending the savagery of death and black metal from the Potteries underground.
Finnish melodic death/power/groove metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2016. They weave together three melodic metal styles with Finnish precision.
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