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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Free the Witch EP (2018)
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A product of the tiny nation at the crossroads of Germanic and Slavic metal, this Nova Gorica-based death metal, melodic death metal, and thrash metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2021, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Richmond, Virginia's Event Horizon arrived in 2020 with a melodic death metal approach that places them squarely in the tradition of Virginia's underrated extreme metal scene. Their focus on melody within a death metal framework draws on the same Swedish and Gothenburg influences that have shaped countless American acts while rooting it firmly in the mid-Atlantic.
Death/thrash metal act from Osnabruck in Lower Saxony, Germany, delivering aggressive crossover extremity since 2009. Their Latin-derived name, meaning "outcome" or "event," lends a fatalistic quality to their relentless metal.
Post-doom sludge metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2009. Their 2017 album Of Woe features expansive, progressive doom compositions culminating in the 15-minute epic These Are Ashes, These Are Roots.
Rising from Stargard's metal underground, this Polish act forges Death Metal built on Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Downers Grove, Illinois outfit Everdying has been blending melodic death metal with black metal influences since 2009, working in the rich tradition of Chicago's suburban extreme metal underground. Their dual melodic-death and black metal approach pulls the project in directions that favor both icy atmosphere and melodic aggression.
Romanian metal band from Sibiu in Transylvania active since 2018, evolving from early melodic death metal through a heavy metal phase and back to melodic death metal. Their Transylvanian base in one of Romania's best-preserved medieval cities adds historic atmosphere.
Death metal act from Stassfurt in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, delivering relentless, unending aggression since 2017. Their name captures the perpetual, unceasing nature of their death metal onslaught.
Laying down tracks since 2014, this Odintsovo Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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