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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Emerging in 2017 from Reggio di Calabria, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
German brutal death metal and grindcore band from Stuttgart, formed in 2018. They deliver scalding blasts of brutal death-grind extremity.
German thrash metal band from Ludwigshafen, formed in 2019. They channel boiling-hot thrash metal fury from the industrial Rhine-Neckar region.
German grindcore band from Görlitz on the Polish border, formed in 2021. They deliver short, explosive blasts of grinding extremity from Germany's easternmost city.
Spanish black metal band from Aragon, formed in 2015. They channel misty, atmospheric black metal inspired by the fog and mountains of the Aragonese landscape.
French atmospheric/depressive black metal band from Nantes, formed in 2020. They channel the desolation of France's western forests into brooding, atmospheric black metal.
Forged in 2009 from Amstelveen, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Bokassa is a Trondheim, Norway power trio formed in 2013 by Jørn Kaarstad, Lars Erik Andreassen, and Olav Dowkes, playing a self-described 'stonerpunk' fusion of hardcore, punk, and stoner rock. Their 2017 self-released debut Divide and Conquer gained immediate recognition in Norway, and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich declared them his favorite new band on his Beats 1 radio show in early 2018, leading to the band supporting Metallica on the WorldWired Tour across Europe in 2019. Subsequent albums Crimson Riders (2019), Molotov Rocktail (Napalm Records, 2021), and All Out of Dreams (Indie Recordings, 2024) expanded their international reach.
Lviv-based sludge metal act active since 2020, delivering corrosive, feedback-drenched heaviness that grinds forward with hostile intent. Their sound channels the genre's essential aggression through punishingly distorted guitar tones and abrasive vocals.
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