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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Death metal outfit from Milan, formed in 2020. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
French black metal band from Paris, formed in 2021. They deliver Bavarian-themed black metal atrocity from the French capital.
German black/death metal project from Bavaria, formed in 2022. As their name suggests, they unite Austrian and Bavarian metal brotherhood in a blackened death metal assault.
Bavtist is a Venezuelan black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2015, active under the GreySun Records label. The project released the demo "Baptism I: Mysterios Xristos" in 2017, followed by the full-length "Bt. II: Mysterios Xristos / World Appendix" in 2019, exploring themes of Satanism through corrosive black metal and atmospheric dark ambient textures.
German black metal band from Niederwerrn, formed in 2019, with a discography including De Vermis Mysteriis, Catacomb Cult, and Devoted to HIM. Their occult-themed black metal draws from dark mysticism and ancient evil.
German power/heavy metal band from Pforzheim, formed in 2020. They craft anthemic power metal with heavy metal muscle from the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg.
French black metal band from Sept-Saints in Brittany, formed in 2022. They channel demonic black metal from the Celtic heartland of Brittany.
Norwegian melodic thrash metal act active since 2019, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Since 2018, this Turkish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Ankara. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
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