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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Black-speed metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2021. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the velocity of speed metal from eastern Finland.
Columbus, Ohio thrash/speed metal band that formed in 1997 and has since split up, representing the no-frills aggression of the Ohio metal underground.
Power and speed metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2012. They deliver high-energy, melodic metal built on fast riffs, soaring vocals, and the classic speed metal tradition.
Fort Myers, Florida death metal act that formed around 2009 and later split up, operating without a label.
Virginia doom metal outfit trudging through slow, heavy territory since the late 1990s, carrying on the tradition of funeral-paced riffing and desolate atmospherics.
Elgin speed and thrash metal band formed in 1990, operating in the fast-and-furious tradition of Midwest metal with razor-edged riffs and the breakneck energy of classic speed metal.
Carrasco is a blackened thrash/speed metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2013, with lyrics dealing in death, occultism, and the macabre. The band is signed to Cianeto Discos, through which they released the album "Armageddon" in 2020, a storm of death/black/thrash driven by Spanish-language lyrics.
Carttada is a speed/heavy metal and hard rock band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, born from a project that evolved into its current form by the early 2020s. The band is signed to the label RTR Records and released their debut album "Recharged" in January 2022, recorded and produced by guitarist Aly Fioren at Funds House Studio in Curitiba. Comparisons to Motörhead have followed the band in the Brazilian press.
Black-thrash-speed metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with the breakneck velocity of speed and thrash.
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