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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brave New World (2025)
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Scottish melodic death/thrash metal band, active since 2002. Over two decades they have built a body of work blending melodic death metal precision with thrash aggression from the Scottish metal underground.
Yekaterinburg-based melodic death metal act active since 2017, 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.
Emerging in 2013 from Athens, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Dutch sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2023, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Royston in Hertfordshire, active since 2012. Their EPs Envisage and Life/Death merge full-throttle rhythmic patterns with ball-busting riffage, all woven together by captivating melodies and dynamic songwriting.
Apeldoorn-based death/thrash metal act active since 2013, 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.
Monza-based melodic death metal act active since 2013, 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.
Morsko-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.
Finnish heavy/stoner/death metal band from Tampere, formed in 2014. They blend three metal styles into a royal, riff-heavy assault from Finland's industrial heartland.
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