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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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When Eversoris emerged in 2014 from Istanbul, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and melodic death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Melodic death/black metal act from the ancient Viking town of Ribe, Denmark, blending harmonic richness with extreme metal aggression since 2018. Their approach merges Scandinavian melodic traditions with the ferocity of black and death metal.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Berlin, Germany, blending harmonic richness with aggressive energy since 2017. Their name captures the relentless, daily grind that fuels their emotionally charged metal.
Kyiv's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and melodic death metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from France, active since 2015. They deliver aggressive yet melodically structured death metal.
Melodic death metal band from Galicia, Spain formed in 2017, incorporating groove, technical, and thrash elements. Their 2017 demo single Ray of Light showcases powerful instrumentation across all fronts.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland active since 2013. They deliver powerful melodic death metal from the southeastern Finnish coast.
Massachusetts melodic death and black metal act Evil Earth has been cultivating a sound that sits at the intersection of melody and darkness since 2015. Their approach pulls from both the sweeping melodic death tradition and black metal's colder, more atmospheric tendencies, resulting in music that refuses to settle comfortably into either camp.
Evil Inside is a metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active on the live circuit since 2013, drawing on melodic death, black, and old-school death metal influences. The band released the four-track EP "Subconscious" in September 2018, exploring lyrical themes of cosmic experience, consciousness, and the human subconscious.
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