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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Death and thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2015, whose Finnish name translates to 'icon of evil.' They deliver ferocious extreme metal from the Finnish capital.
Flint, Michigan's Pain forge thrash metal shaped by the industrial rust and relentless edge of one of America's hardest-hit cities. Since 2020 they've been delivering fast, aggressive metal that sounds like it has something to prove.
Santa Clarita's Pain Catalyst fuse groove-heavy riffs with thrash velocity, arriving at a punishing sound rooted in the heavier side of California metal. Formed in 2022, they channel mechanical precision and physical aggression into tightly wound songs.
A 2023 black-death metal project from Fredericia, Perdition's Mire drags listeners into the swamp of damnation implied by their name. Their eastern Jutland setting — a historic fortress town — provides a militaristic edge to their extreme sonic assault.
Dithmarschen's Pain Machine has been welding together thrash, death, and groove metal since 2012, creating a triple-threat assault from the North Frisian marshlands. Their genre-blending approach produces a sound heavier than any single style could achieve alone.
Thrash metal band from Ostersund, Sweden, formed in 2017, delivering thrash metal fury from the Jamtland region of northern Sweden. They bring aggressive riffing from above the 63rd parallel.
Thrash and death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2000, making them one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Portuguese capital. A quarter century of pain-struck aggression marks them as true veterans.
Thrash metal band from Brus, Serbia, formed in 2018, delivering aggressive thrash metal from the rural heartland of central Serbia. They bring headbanging energy to the Serbian underground.
Pale Grey Sky are a death/thrash metal band from Zárate, Argentina, formed in 2022 with members Nacho Flores (vocals), Facundo Peralta (guitar/vocals), Manuel Flores Taborda (bass), and Lorenzo Piagna (drums). They released their debut album Libres de toda Esperanza in June 2022, recorded and mixed at Nipper Studio in Campana, Argentina.
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