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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Nivala, Finland active since 2017. They bring modern extreme metal from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Symphonic/melodic death metal act from Germany, blending orchestral grandeur with the aggressive precision of melodic death metal since 2017. Their ethereal name hints at the transcendent quality of their cinematic, orchestrally enriched sound.
San Jose's Ethnocide have been unleashing caustic thrash-death metal since 2017, drawing from both the Bay Area's storied thrash heritage and the relentless brutality of death metal. Their music hits with the blunt force of a sledgehammer and the velocity of a freight train.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Mulhouse/Colmar in Alsace, France active since 2013. They deliver fierce melodic death metal from the Upper Rhine plain.
Death, melodic death, and power metal duo from Leon, Spain featuring Miguel Angel de la Villa on guitar and Javier Gonzalez on bass and vocals. Their 2022 album The Lockdown showcases their evolution from the 2020 EP Tall Tales into more mature, technical compositions.
Philadelphia's Euryale brings a melodic ferocity to the city's metal scene, blending the crushing weight of death metal with sweeping melodic death arrangements since their 2020 formation. Named after one of the immortal Gorgons of Greek myth, they conjure something ancient and relentless in equal measure.
Out of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Eurydice carves a path between melodic death metal's soaring hooks and metalcore's percussive intensity since forming in 2016. Their approach channels the mythic tragedy of their namesake into music that oscillates between brutality and melody with conviction.
Wielding death metal and melodic death metal as their weapon, this Russian outfit from Penza has been refining their craft since 2010. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with ferocious dedication.
Enterprise, Alabama's Evenfall has been delivering melodic death metal with Southern grit since 2020, combining the sweeping melodic sensibility of the genre's Scandinavian roots with the directness of American metal. They represent a growing contingent of Alabama bands pushing melodic extremity outside the traditional regional centers.
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