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When Eyelash emerged in 2019 from Rome, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and power metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Death metal act from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, delivering commanding extremity since 2012. Their name evokes mastery and dominance, reflecting the authoritative quality of their death metal approach.
Malvagna's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal, death metal, and symphonic metal unit is among them — wielding lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Roswell, Georgia's Eyes of Ligeia are one of the American underground's longest-running doom/black metal acts, active since 1999 and taking their name from an Edgar Allan Poe story. Over the decades they have evolved from death/doom origins toward a more spectral black metal approach, accumulating a body of work marked by atmosphere, patience, and genuine darkness.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Belgorod-based death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2023, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Thrash/death metal and metalcore hybrid from Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany, blending three aggressive styles since 2015. Their discomfort-evoking name captures the harsh, unpleasant intensity of their genre-crossing approach.
A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Stockholm-based death metal and melodic death 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.
Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Pombal in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their sound blends doom metal's crushing weight with death metal aggression and atmospheric depth from the Leiria district.
Death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France active since 2005. With two decades of history, they are veterans of the Breton death metal scene.
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