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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Death metal and deathcore band from Lugano, Switzerland, formed in 2020. They bring crushing extreme metal from the Italian-speaking Ticino region.
Thessaloniki-based melodic death metal act active since 2025, 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.
Asker-based death/thrash metal act active since 2014, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
Black Ceremonial Kult emerged from Santiago in 2014 playing occult death/black metal rooted in chaos magic and Kabbalistic symbolism, releasing their first demo "Aberah KeDabar MMXIV" in 2015 and a split with Kratherion that same year. Their debut full-length "Communion of the Ancient Gods" appeared in December 2016 on Madrid-based Deathrune Records, compiling 15 tracks of ritualistic black and death metal recorded at the Order Temple of the Dead Studios in Santiago.
Finnish melodic death metal band from Turku, formed in 2013. They craft melodic death metal with dark harmonic richness from Finland's oldest city.
Progressive death metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2026. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
French death 'n' roll and crust punk band from Besançon, formed in 2012. They combine death metal grooves with crust punk's raw urgency.
Death metal band from Millom in Cumbria, active since 2014. They bring extreme metal aggression to the remote reaches of England's northwest coast.
French death metal band from Fécamp in Normandy, formed in 2020. They deliver dark death metal from the Channel coast of northern France.
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