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Death metal and melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland active since 2013. They deliver powerful melodic death metal from the southeastern Finnish coast.
Massachusetts melodic death and black metal act Evil Earth has been cultivating a sound that sits at the intersection of melody and darkness since 2015. Their approach pulls from both the sweeping melodic death tradition and black metal's colder, more atmospheric tendencies, resulting in music that refuses to settle comfortably into either camp.
Evil Emperor is a black/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded in 2002 by guitarist Eduardo Fallavena. The band plays an aggressive and diversified sound rooted in supernatural and bloody lyrical themes, and has released multiple albums including a self-titled record in 2012, "Curse of the Obscene", and "Debutant", all on Rotten Foetus Productions.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this black metal and death metal act from Poland traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2009, they've built a catalog that reflects Poland's relentlessly productive underground.
Death metal act from Berlin, Germany, delivering visceral, organ-themed extremity since 2020. Their darkly humorous name reflects the morbid sensibility that permeates their Berlin underground death metal.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this death metal and thrash metal act from Pescara traffics in labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Since 2013, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Thrash/death metal act from Denmark, freshly formed in 2025. Their villainous name drives a sound built on the aggressive crossover of thrash speed and death metal brutality.
Philadelphia's Evil Nations is among the newest acts on this list, forming in 2024 with a ferocious blend of thrash, death metal, and crossover. In a city with one of the East Coast's most historically combative underground scenes, they arrive fully formed and pointed directly at the pit.
Death metal act from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2023, delivering visceral, no-frills extremity. Their provocatively bestial name sets the tone for an uncompromising approach to Scandinavian death metal.
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