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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Devotees of death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal, this Swedish outfit from Örebro has been refining their craft since 2017. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with unrelenting drive.
Melodic death/thrash metal act from Duisburg in Germany's Ruhr Valley, formed in 2022, combining harmonic guitar work with thrash velocity. Their name evokes internal conflict, driving compositions that pit melody against aggression.
Chicago's Enforsaken has been navigating the overlap between melodic and brutal death metal since 2004, bringing Scandinavian melodic sensibilities to a firmly American delivery. Two decades in, they remain one of the more quietly tenacious acts in the Illinois extreme metal scene.
Melodic death metal band from the Porto/Matosinhos area of northern Portugal, active since 2012. Their sound delivers melodic death metal from Portugal's second city on the Atlantic coast.
Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2009, based in Taunton, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2016, based in Irkutsk, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Emerging from Esch-sur-Alzette, this Luxembourgish act forges Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, and Metalcore built on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Brilon in Germany's Sauerland region, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodies with hardcore energy since 2013. Their reflective name hints at the introspective quality beneath their aggressive sound.
Seattle's Entelech has been refining melodic death metal since 2011, weaving guitar harmonies and Scandinavian-influenced leads through a framework of technical precision and genuine songwriting ambition. They treat melody not as decoration but as architecture.
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