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Actin' Up (2023)
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Green Man Rising (Demo) (2017)
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Minneapolis death-thrash band that spent the early '90s fusing brutal death metal aggression with thrash's propulsive energy, leaving behind a fierce legacy in Minnesota's underground.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Moscow, active since 2014. CrimSun blends melodic hooks with modern extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Ashtabula, Ohio death-thrash outfit channeling the industrial edge of the Rust Belt into their music — brutal, fast, and direct, with little patience for polish or pretense.
Death metal act from Pordenone in Friuli, formed in 2020. Criogenesi — Italian for 'cryogenesis' — brings icy death metal to northeastern Italy.
Death-thrash metal band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver a fierce blend of death metal brutality and thrash metal velocity from Lower Saxony's capital.
Minneapolis technical death metal and deathcore band pushing the boundaries of extreme metal precision, combining punishing breakdowns with labyrinthine compositional complexity.
Death metal band from eastern Finland, active since 2013. They deliver crushing death metal from the remote Finnish countryside.
Death-thrash band from Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland, formed in 2023. Crippling Madness brings extreme metal to the Podlasie border region.
Criptum is a thrash/death metal band from Formosa, in the remote northeastern province of the same name in Argentina. The band released their album Frenético in September 2015, channeling the aggressive sounds of classic South American thrash.
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