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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brooklyn's Pyrolatrous channel the blackened melodic death metal tradition into a modern, technically precise form, threading scorched atmosphere and lead-driven melody through aggressive riffwork that draws on both Scandinavian melodeath and raw black metal since 2016.
Technical melodic death metal band from Rzeszow, Poland, active since 2011, ironically named after the fear of fire while delivering incendiary technical death metal. Over a decade of activity marks their technical dedication.
Formed in Americana in 2017, Póstuma deals in Swedish-influenced melodic death metal built around the powerful clean and harsh vocal interplay of singer Bia da Aldea and the twin-guitar work of Rodrigo Batista and Júlio Alves. Their 2020 debut EP "Moralis" draws thematically on Greek mythology and philosophy, channeling the spirit of early In Flames and At the Gates into four tightly constructed tracks that balance aggressiveness with melody.
Symphonic and melodic death metal band from Talavera de la Reina, Spain, active since 2017 and blending orchestral grandeur with the ferocity of extreme metal. Their name references the concept of impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, an influence that permeates their dark thematic approach.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, forging aggressive yet melodic extreme metal since 2011. Their sound combines the intensity of death metal with the precision and hooks of thrash, reflecting the vibrant underground metal scene of the German capital.
Melodic death metal band from Denmark, active since 2012 and crafting hook-laden extreme metal driven by Scandinavian melodeath traditions. Their Danish roots place them in the same fertile musical landscape that produced some of the genre's most influential acts.
R.E.X. is a melodic death metal band from Hamina in southeastern Finland, formed in 2018. The band delivers melodic death metal from the Finnish coastal town near the Russian border.
Rabenmond is a melodic death and pagan metal band from Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, active since 1997 — one of the early German pagan metal acts. The band channels Germanic folk traditions through melodic death metal from the forested Thuringian borderlands.
Rage of Light is a Swiss metal act that fuses aggressive death and groove metal with trance and electronic music, creating what they describe as 'a contrast made of light and rage.' Their catalog includes albums Imploder, Redemption, and Chasing a Reflection, combining sharp riffs and forceful arpeggios with screams interspersed by enchanting clean vocals.
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