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German death/groove metal band from Plauen, formed in 2024. They blend death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic hooks for a punishing modern sound.
Barrabás is a black metal band from Assis, São Paulo, whose music is built around the cosmic horror mythology of H.P. Lovecraft. Their 2013 full-length The Arrival of Yog-Sothoth, released on Nyarlathotep Records with members Kadax Azuhos, Paulo Portes, and Oksarrak, works through the entire Lovecraftian pantheon — Cthulhu, Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep, Azathoth — in nine tracks of raw, ritualistic black metal.
Death 'n' roll and industrial metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2017. They fuse the groove of death 'n' roll with industrial metal's mechanical edge.
Kansas City, Missouri's Barrage operate at the intersection of heavy metal, groove metal, and metalcore, blending hard-hitting riffwork with the modern heaviness that defines the Midwest's contemporary metal underground.
Eugene, Oregon's Barred Spiral is a young atmospheric black/death metal act that emerged in 2024, adding to the Pacific Northwest's strong tradition of blackened and atmospheric extreme metal.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They bring Scandinavian melodeath influences together with metalcore dynamics to Berlin's thriving metal scene.
Belgian chainsaw grind act from Flanders, featuring former members of Aborted, Agathocles, Emeth, and Human Vivisection. Their prolific output of full-lengths, splits, and demos showcases the furious HM2-driven grindcore and death metal attack they've sustained since 2021.
Santa Rosa, California's Barren Altar combine black and doom metal with lyrical themes of anti-theological liturgy and apocalyptic death worship, operating since 2013 as a fixture of Northern California's underground extreme metal scene.
Barren Earth are a progressive death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2007 by musicians drawn from several established Finnish acts, blending melodic death metal, progressive rock, and folk influences. Their Peaceville Records debut Curse of the Red River arrived in 2010, followed by The Devil's Resolve (2012), On Lonely Towers (2015) on Century Media, and A Complex of Cages (2018). The project serves as a creative outlet distinct from its members' primary bands, consistently exploring atmospheric and compositionally complex territory.
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