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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this death metal, metalcore, and thrash metal act from São João da Madeira traffics in guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Since 2015, they've built a catalog that reflects Portugal's intimate but fiercely devoted metal community.
Death metal and metalcore hybrid from Vollersode, Germany, blending guttural extremity with hardcore-influenced breakdowns since 2014. Their provocatively named approach fuses the aggression of both genres into a single, punishing assault.
Out of Vacaville, California, Earth Down formed in 2015 at the intersection of death metal's brutality, metalcore's crunch, and hardcore's urgency — a heavier-than-average take on a genre crossover that rarely lacks intensity.
Metalcore band from Portsmouth, England active since 2014. They deliver intense metalcore from the south coast naval city.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Sassari-based metalcore and thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2019, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.
Altivole (Treviso)'s metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this metalcore and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding palm-muted barrages and speed-freak intensity. Their riffs arrive at terminal velocity with zero tolerance for filler.
Death metal and metalcore band from Leeds, England active since 2017. They bring intense, modern extreme metal from Yorkshire's largest city.
Metalcore band from Hanover, Germany, delivering aggressive, breakdown-driven compositions since 2018. Their Latin name, meaning "behold the beast," captures the ferocious intensity of their metalcore assault.
Death, melodic death, metalcore, and progressive metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland that emerged in 2025. They bring a technically ambitious multi-genre approach to the central Finnish metal scene.
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