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Melodic death metal act from Munich, Germany, crafting harmonically rich, aggressive compositions since 2019. Their approach brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to Bavaria's capital city.
Long Island's Entorturement brings a fresh wave of brutal death metal ferocity to New York's extreme underground since 2025, stacking guttural vocals and skin-flaying riffs with the kind of no-apologies violence the subgenre was built for.
Death/thrash metal act from the historic Rhine city of Speyer, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2011. Their approach fuses death metal's guttural heaviness with thrash metal's high-speed precision.
Grindcore and death metal act from the Baltic port city of Rostock, Germany, delivering chaotic blasts of extreme noise since 2004. Their two-decade career of visceral, grinding extremity makes them a veteran force in northeastern Germany's underground.
Formed in 2021, Entrantment operates in the borderland between black and death metal where both genres' most savage qualities converge — the icy malevolence of the former pressed hard against the visceral brutality of the latter, with no territory conceded to either.
Franklinville, New Jersey's Entrapment has been delivering old-school death metal since 2010 with an authenticity that traces directly back to the genre's late-eighties and early-nineties roots — murky production, serpentine riffs, and a genuine reverence for the craft.
Crust and death metal hybrid from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, fusing D-beat punk energy with death metal's guttural heaviness since 2019. Their approach draws from both genres' most raw and aggressive elements.
Nova Gorica, Slovenia — death metal and melodic death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 1999, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Death/thrash upstarts from Rochelle Park, New Jersey, Entrenched hit the ground running in 2024 with a sound that splits the difference between old-school brutality and riff-driven thrash aggression.
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