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Bestial Atrocity is a satanic black metal band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, playing a style that incorporates death metal and grindcore elements. Their 2007 demo "Odes To Satan" and the live recording "B.A.C.K. (Bestial Atrocity Creating Kaos)" document their activity during a reformed period before the band ultimately split up.
German black/death metal band from Aschaffenburg, formed in 2023. They deliver extreme, provocative black/death metal with an uncompromising approach.
Thrash metal outfit from Säffle, formed in 2020. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Bestial Curse is a black/thrash metal band from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drawing influence from Hellhammer, Venom, and Bathory. The band features members with ties to Brazilian acts Apokalyptic Raids and Flagelador, and released the album "Masters of Mayhem," recorded at Eclypse Studio in Niterói, on Dark Sun Records.
Uncompromising death metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2014. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
Finnish black/thrash metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2016. They deliver bestial black/thrash from the southeastern Finnish border.
German black/thrash metal band from Flensburg, formed in 2016. They fuse black metal's darkness with thrash metal's speed from Germany's northernmost city on the Danish border.
Kastoria-based death metal act active since 2021, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Death metal outfit from Italy, formed in 2016. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
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