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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Calvario is a groove metal and metalcore band from Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, active since 2016. The band self-released their debut self-titled album through their Bandcamp page, establishing a heavy, riff-driven sound that sits between the rhythmic punch of groove metal and the aggressive structures of metalcore. They remain an active presence in the Buenos Aires underground metal circuit.
Speed-obsessed, blasphemous death metal inspired by Angelcorpse, Krisiun, and Hate Eternal. Releases on Lavadome Productions and Iron Blood and Death Corporation.
Death metal, thrash, and metalcore act from Virneburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They channel a genre-crossing assault from the rural Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2016. They blend melodic death metal with metalcore dynamics from the heart of northern England.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Leeds, England, active since 2010. They deliver heavy grooves and breakdowns from the heart of Yorkshire.
Boston metalcore band active from the late 1990s through the early 2000s, rooted in the New England metal and hardcore scene.
Intense Metalcore from Austin/San Antonio/Corpus Christi.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Tilleda, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with modern metalcore dynamics.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Malmö, formed in 2018. Carchosa blends Scandinavian melodeath with hardcore intensity from Sweden's third-largest city.
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