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Portland, Maine's Crouching Nude traffics in the bleak intersection of black and death metal, channeling the grim isolation of the Northeast into dense, aggressive music. Their sound is uncompromising and deliberately obscure.
Death metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver crushing death metal from the Spanish capital.
Miami's Crow Nous operates in the shadowy overlap of black and death metal, bringing South Florida's underground extremity to bear on a sound that's both atmospheric and brutal. Their music draws on esoteric themes with a raw, uncompromising delivery.
Death metal and deathcore band from Lomnice nad Popelkou, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. They fuse death metal aggression with deathcore breakdowns and modern extreme metal dynamics.
Death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from the cultural heart of Saxony.
Death-groove metal act from Mantua, Lombardy, formed in 2020. Crowdead merges death metal heaviness with groove-driven rhythms.
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Death-folk metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2020. They blend death metal aggression with folk instrumentation and melodies.
Melodic death-doom act from Kisvárda in northeastern Hungary, active since 2013. Crowhill Tales blends sorrowful melodies with crushing doom and death metal weight.
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