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Four-piece metalcore band from Derby, formed in 2019, influenced by Arch Enemy, Darkest Hour, and Trivium. Their prolific output including Together We Rise and United We Fall combines powerful riffs, thrashy drums, and melodic hooks with socially meaningful messaging.
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German death metal band from Duisburg, formed in 2017. They deliver punishing death metal from the industrial heartland of the Ruhr.
German melodic black/death metal band from Nuremberg, formed in 2024. They weave melodic passages into a foundation of black and death metal from one of Bavaria's cultural centers.
Thrash metal outfit from Čakovec, formed in 2014. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Death metal outfit from Kraków, formed in 2021. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Serres, active since 2017. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Zielona Góra-based black metal act active since 2024, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Polish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Poznań, active since 2019. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
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