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Doom metal outfit from Bodø, formed in 2024. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
Pagan black metal project rooted from Zagreb, formed in 1998. Folk instrumentation and nature-worship themes intertwine with blast beats and tremolo picking, creating a bridge between old-world mysticism and modern extremity.
Death-grind act from Belgrade, trading in short bursts of chaos. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
Behael was a raw black metal project from Blumenau, Brazil, active around 2020–2023. The trio — Null (vocals), Empty (guitars/bass), and Paragon Belial (programmed drums) — recorded their album "Inner Abyss" at Emptiness Studios during 2020–2021, releasing it in July 2023 before dissolving. The project operated in the lo-fi, minimalist vein of Brazilian raw black metal, favoring atmosphere and primitive production over technical polish.
Quarteira-based death metal act active since 2015, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Brutal death metal outfit from Belém, Pará, Brazil, formed in 2015 and released via Necropsy Records. Their debut EP Blood Stool (2015) delivers four tracks of compact, technically-inflected brutality in the tradition of the Brazilian extreme underground. The band has been on hold since the mid-2010s.
Death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, drawing on themes of serial killers, occultism, and death. Their debut album The Awakening of Madness was recorded at Revolusom Studio in Salvador with lyrics by Fabricio Pazelli and Marcelo Almeida, showcasing a straightforward, punishing approach to the genre rooted in the Bahian extreme metal scene.
Behead Christ was a black metal band from Santiago, Chile, active from 1998 until their split in 2021, with lyrical themes centered on blasphemy and Satanism. Their discography spans nearly two decades and includes Your Will Is Mine... Satan!!! (1999), In Your Cross! In Your Anus!, and a split release with fellow Chilean black metal act Hades Archer. They were one of the longer-running bands in Chile's underground black metal scene.
Groove metal outfit from Lisbon, formed in 2013. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
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