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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Spanish heavy metal band from Biscay in the Basque Country, active since 2009. With over a decade and a half of output, they are a fixture of the Basque heavy metal scene.
Waynesville, Missouri crossover thrash outfit Base Apes formed in 1986, earning a spot on the 1989 cassette compilation At the Speed of Light Vol. I before splitting up.
Melodic death metal outfit from Kocaeli, formed in 2012. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Power metal band from Hainburg an der Donau, Austria, active since 2010. They craft melodic, riff-driven power metal rooted in European tradition.
San Antonio, Texas slam/brutal death metal band Basement Burial formed in 2023, delivering the subgenre's hallmark combination of pulverizing rhythms and extreme subject matter.
German power/heavy metal band from Bornum, formed in 2016. They deliver anthemic power metal with traditional heavy metal foundations from the Lower Saxon countryside.
German death/thrash metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2019. They combine death metal's guttural intensity with thrash metal's relentless speed and precision.
London-based death metal and grindcore band active since 2012, creating what they call serial killing snuff grind. Their prolific discography from Suffocation through Lessons in Murder and 2025's Gallery of Monsters delivers graphically extreme sonic brutality steeped in horror and true crime themes.
Finnish death metal and grindcore band from Tampere, formed in 2022. They deliver bashed-out death-grind from Finland's industrial heartland.
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