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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Gothic death metal act from Dębica in southeastern Poland, active since 2007. Callahan has spent nearly two decades crafting dark, atmospheric extreme metal from Podkarpacie.
German melodic death metal band active since 1988. As one of the earliest German death metal acts, Callider are pioneers who helped establish the genre in the country's metal landscape.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Finnish lake district.
A death/thrash act from North Carolina, Calling Hour formed in 2007 and operated as an independent underground project.
Death-doom metal band from Leipzig, Germany, originally formed in Chemnitz in 2008. Across releases from Doomsday through 2024's split with Urza, Calliophis craft intense atmospheres where epic melodies collide with dark soundscapes and crushing heaviness.
Death-grind act from Odesa, Ukraine, formed in 2023. Calloffboobjans delivers blast-driven extremity from the Black Sea port city.
Death metal band from the Pomeranian towns of Bytów, Słupsk, and Wejherowo, active since 2004. Calm Hatchery has been a fixture of the Polish death metal underground for two decades.
Melodic death-stoner metal band from Riihimaki, Finland, active since 2009. They blend melodic death metal sensibilities with stoner metal grooves.
Progressive death metal and deathcore band from Wiesbaden, Germany, formed in 2013. They blend technical complexity and progressive structures with the crushing aggression of modern extreme metal.
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