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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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Part of Slovakia's modest but dedicated extreme metal community, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2019, based in Senica, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Laying down tracks since 2020, this Milan Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal outfit delivers guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Their place within Italy's underrated but thriving metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Out of Moberly, Missouri, Empusa with Devastation channel melodic death metal and metalcore into something sharp and unsettled, a young band already reaching for vicious complexity since their 2023 formation.
Wielding death metal and melodic death metal as their weapon, this British outfit from Aberdeen (early)/Edinburgh (later) has been refining their craft since 2015. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with unrelenting drive.
Melodic death metal act from Munich, Germany, crafting emotionally charged, harmonically rich compositions since 2020. Their celestial name evokes the heavenly sorrow that infuses their melodic death metal with atmospheric depth.
Littleton's Empyrean Eclipse have been pursuing melodic death metal since 2004, developing a Colorado-crafted approach that layers Nordic-influenced melody over technically sharp, muscular foundations.
New York's Empyreon charted a dramatic course from power metal origins toward melodic death metal and metalcore, an evolution spanning nearly two decades that reflects genuine stylistic ambition.
Melodic death metal act from Wurzburg, Germany, crafting harmonically rich compositions since 2016. Named after a philosophical handbook, their approach brings intellectual depth to Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal.
Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal hybrid from Quartu Sant'Elena, Sardinia formed in 2022, fusing programmed electronics with heavy guitar-driven aggression. Their approach bridges the gap between digital production and organic metalcore intensity.
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