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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Speed metal band from Menen, Belgium, active since 2013. They ride the wave of high-velocity riffing and breakneck tempos from West Flanders.
Split-based speed metal outfit active since 2023, delivering breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riffing that recalls the genre's 1980s heyday. Their relentless approach channels the raw velocity of early Exciter and Agent Steel.
Since 2020, this Polish heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Poznań. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
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.
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