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Triggering Trauma is an industrial/death metal band from Lexington, Kentucky, formed in 2021, fusing the mechanized aggression of industrial metal with the brutality of death metal.
Tronraner is an industrial black metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2013. They merge mechanized industrial textures with black metal's raw aggression.
Tyrannium from Lappeenranta blend black metal with industrial elements, mechanizing their tyrant-themed sound with electronic textures since 2019. Their border-city base provides the industrial backdrop for their fusion of organic extremity and synthetic aggression.
Industrial black metal project from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, active since 2020 and blending industrial harshness with black metal's cold fury. Their Welsh Valleys origin brings a post-industrial character to their mechanized extreme metal.
Uivo Bastardo is a heavy/industrial metal act from Lisbon, Portugal, performing raw and visceral music sung entirely in Portuguese. Their releases include the album Clepsydra, delivering brute-force metal with a distinctly Lusophone identity.
Chaotic electronic and avant-garde industrial death metal project from Brighton, England, active since 1996 with an enormous catalog spanning over 16 releases. Self-described as a chaotic electronic project, their work including Bio-Technological Brain and Zirconium Hypnowave blends cybergrind and science fiction themes.
Edwardsville, Illinois death-thrashers Unburied have been plowing through the American underground since 2006, fusing the morbid heaviness of old-school death metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash. No-frills and consistently bruising.
Industrial brutal death metal and grindcore project from Catalonia, Spain, pushing the boundaries of extremity since 2022. Their name itself signals the beyond-measure brutality of their fusion of industrial, death metal, and grindcore elements.
Industrial, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Piacenza, Italy, active since 2010 and blending electronic industrial elements with extreme metal. Their multi-genre approach creates a layered, mechanized take on heavy music.
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