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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
rosemary (2023)
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Featured Black Metal Album
L'Envol (2024)
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Gouveia-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2015, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Spanish groove metal and metalcore band from Vegadeo in Asturias, formed in 2016. They deliver heavy grooves with metalcore breakdowns from the western Asturian coast.
German metalcore/thrash/death metal band from Berlin, formed in 2011. They fuse metalcore breakdowns with thrash and death metal aggression for a multifaceted extreme sound.
Kraków-based thrash metal/metalcore act active since 2008, bridging old-school thrash's riff-driven attack with metalcore's modern dynamics and breakdown-heavy structures. Their sound draws from both traditions with aggressive conviction.
Danish death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Aarhus, formed in 2011. They fuse death-thrash aggression with metalcore dynamics from Denmark's second city.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from West Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2026. They represent the newest generation of Belgian extreme metal, merging metalcore breakdowns with thrash metal velocity.
German metalcore band from Münster, formed in 2019. They deliver hard-hitting metalcore with punishing breakdowns from the Westphalian university city.
German metalcore/thrash metal band from the Neuwied-Koblenz area, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of experience, they are a veteran presence in the Rhineland-Palatinate metal scene.
Moscow-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2016, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
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