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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brutal death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2018. They deliver punishing extremity from Northern Ireland.
Brutal death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They deliver punishing, technically precise brutality driven by guttural vocals and relentless blast beats.
Death metal band from Viareggio on the Tuscan coast, formed in 2019. Congenital Deformity deals in morbid, pathology-themed death metal from the Versilia riviera.
Oslo-based slam and brutal death metal project launched in 2023, delivering guttural punishment through grinding heaviness and pulverizing breakdowns. Their extreme approach plumbs the lowest depths of the death metal spectrum.
Black-death-thrash metal band from Northampton, England, active since 2012. They blend three extreme metal genres into a fierce assault from the English Midlands.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee band blending death metal brutality with metalcore structure and thrash energy in the fertile Middle Tennessee underground. Their sound draws from multiple aggressive traditions.
Melodic death metal act from L'Aquila in Abruzzo, active since 2013. Congiura — Italian for 'conspiracy' — delivers melodic extremity from central Italy's mountain city.
New York City progressive death metal band fusing technical ambition with the brutal pulse of extreme metal. Their compositions reflect the intellectual diversity and intensity of the New York underground.
Blackened death metal act from Abrantes in central Portugal, active since 2005. Congruity has spent two decades crafting extreme metal from the Tagus valley.
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