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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
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Melodic death metal act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2018. Cult of Madness delivers hook-driven extremity from Russia's cultural capital.
Folk-infused melodic death metal band from Valencia, Spain, active since 2005. With two decades of history, Curial blend folk elements with melodic death metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Melodic death-thrash act from Sweden, active since 2013. Curse from Above delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Maribor, formed in 2018. Curse of Instinct blends melodic hooks with hardcore intensity from northeastern Slovenia.
Death-thrash metal band from Thun in the Bernese Oberland, formed in 2024. They combine the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-style death metal with the speed and ferocity of thrash.
Mobile, Alabama melodic death metal band combining melody-driven riffing with bursts of ferocity in the Gothenburg tradition. Curse the Flesh brings Southern grit to a style defined by harmonic intensity and twin-guitar interplay.
Cleveland band fusing black, death, and melodic death metal into a cold and visceral assault. Curse the Gods harnesses Ohio's underground metal fury with atmospheric menace and unrelenting aggression.
Blackened melodic death metal act from Skierniewice in central Poland, formed in 2025. Cursed Darkness merges melodic hooks with extreme metal ferocity.
Melodic death-thrash metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2016. They merge melodic death metal with thrash from the Northern Irish capital.
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