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Emerging in 2021 from Swindon, 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.
Lincolnshire-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2021, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
German gothic/doom metal band from Dortmund, active since 2009. They merge gothic metal's dark romanticism with doom metal's crushing weight from the Ruhr Valley.
German thrash metal band formed in 2025. They deliver fast, uncompromising thrash metal.
German black/death metal and crust band from Nordhausen in Thuringia, formed in 2017. They fuse extreme metal with crust punk's raw energy from the southern Harz region.
Buried in Corpvs is a metalcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. The band released the EP "Catharsis" as their debut, a six-track effort that established their presence in Santiago's heavy underground scene.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hanau, formed in 2016. They play smoky, riff-driven heavy metal and hard rock from the Main-Kinzig region.
Buried Inside formed in Ottawa, Ontario in 1997, drawing on the precedents set by Neurosis and Isis to develop a dense, slow-burning sound that merged post-metal atmospherics with hardcore aggression. The band released four studio albums, including Chronoclast (2005) and Spoils of Failure (2009), both on Relapse Records, with the former written as a continuous 40-minute composition. They played their final show in Ottawa in November 2010.
Dutch technical death metal act active since 2021, weaving labyrinthine guitar work and shifting time signatures into their extreme metal framework. Their compositions demand both virtuosity and visceral impact, balancing cerebral complexity with gut-level heaviness.
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