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Always Expire merges death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal from Brighton since 2023, their mortality-themed name reflecting the transience at the core of their compositions. Their seaside origins add an unlikely backdrop to their extreme ambitions.
Alzhagoth creates melodic death metal from Padua since 2024. From the Veneto university city of Galileo and Giotto, they deliver freshly forged melodic extremity that adds to the region's active metal community.
Melodic metalcore/deathcore band from Vevey, Switzerland, active since 2014 with releases including their debut "Aberrant Minds Provoke Murders" (2014), "A Mountain Peaks' Myth" (2019), and the 2024 EP "Despised Paradise." Their 2025 single "Increase" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Loic Gaillard at Uproarious Records, with orchestrations by Brian Bendahan.
Winchester, Virginia doom merchants conjuring heavy, psychedelia-laced riffs since 2017. Named after the genus of poisonous mushrooms, their catalog sprawls across multiple EPs and full-lengths that explore the intersection of crushing weight and hypnotic repetition, from the lysergic haze of Love³ to the pandemic-era Quarantine in Warm.
Amanita Virosa takes its name from the deadly destroying angel mushroom and delivers equally toxic melodic death metal from Mikkeli since 2015. The mycological moniker perfectly suits a band whose music combines lethal heaviness with deceptive melodic beauty.
Hillsboro, Illinois melodic death metal project with a remarkably deep catalog for a small-town act. Five releases between 2010 and 2017 trace an evolution from raw melodeath into progressive territory, with album titles that hint at a philosophical bent lurking beneath the dual-guitar harmonies.
New York City melodic death metal project launched in 2024 with a single sporting one of the longest titles in metal history. The absurdly named debut suggests a band with a sense of humor about the genre's conventions while still delivering the goods.
Ambryo fuses death metal, melodic death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal from Paris since 2014, casting a wide net across the extreme metal spectrum. Their embryonic name suggests a constantly evolving project that has not yet reached its final form.
Ameks delivers melodic death metal and metalcore from Moscow since 2013. Over a decade in the Russian capital, they have refined their blend of Scandinavian melodicism and modern metalcore dynamics.
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