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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Head Cage (2018)
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Boston trio pulling misanthropic sludge/death metal from the swampy depths, with thick murky riffs, drummer Deb Dire handling lead vocals, and lyrical themes centered on environmental destruction and human cruelty in the vein of 1990s sludge forebears Dystopia and Eyehategod. Their 2025 album Humanity Is Killing Us All double down on the crust-punk rawness and deliberate ugliness that have defined their catalog since forming in 2021.
Tampa, Florida one-person project launched in 2009 by AJ, whose sprawling catalog crosses heavy metal, death metal, grindcore, and ambient territory without settling into a single lane — including an instrumental EP exploring blues, sludge, and boozer rock alongside more extreme releases. The project's eclectic nature and free Bandcamp releases reflect a deliberately boundary-averse approach to extreme music.
The Poisoned from Manchester deliver thrash and heavy metal with the toxic contamination their venomous name implies since 2012. Over a decade of poisonous compositions from the northwest has produced consistently aggressive metal.
Poison the Preacher is a thrash metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2021. The band blends raw hardcore aggression with old-school thrash principles and released their debut full-length "Vs the World" in 2025 through Concreto Records. Their catalog also includes several singles and a split release from 2022–2023.
The Prophecy is a melodic heavy/gothic metal band from Munich/Neuried, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend melodic heavy metal with gothic atmosphere.
The Providence is a gothic/heavy metal band from Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2008. They blend gothic metal's dark atmospheres with traditional heavy metal power, described as horror metal.
The Raven Inn is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2022. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock from the Estonian capital.
The Reality Machine is a heavy metal band from Pori, Finland, formed in 2024. They play traditional heavy metal from the western Finnish coast.
Blackened heavy metal band from Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, self-described as delivering blackened heavy metal with conviction. Their 2024 album Greatest Hits was mastered by Arthur Rizk and spans themes from Viking imagery and satanic occultism to sci-fi narratives.
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