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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Raw black metal project from Belgium, active since 2014. They operate in the lo-fi, unvarnished tradition of raw black metal.
Buffalo is a stoner metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Claudio Filadoro following his tenure as bassist in legendary Argentine desert rockers Los Natas. The band has released six studio albums including their debut Temporada de Huracanes (2002), Karma (2005), and Parálisis (2018), blending heavy stoner riffs with 1970s hard rock influences across a catalog spanning nearly two decades.
Roman grindcore provocateurs formed in 2007, injecting irreverent humor and pop-culture satire into their blasting assault. Their tongue-in-cheek approach and food-obsessed themes make them one of Italy's most distinctive extreme metal acts.
Progressive death metal outfit from Voronezh, formed in 2015. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
German avant-garde black metal band from Klingenthal in Saxony, formed in 2021. They push black metal into unconventional, experimental territory from the Erzgebirge mountains.
Since 2017, this Greek thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Athens. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Spanish death metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2013. They construct corpse-building death metal from the Catalan capital.
German melodic death/groove metal and metalcore band from Böblingen, formed in 2024. They merge three aggressive metal styles with melodic sensibility.
German black metal band from Berlin, formed in 2024. Named after the Italian word for darkness, they channel Mediterranean-tinged black metal from the capital.
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