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Cefem is a heavy metal band from Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina, that released three recordings in quick succession: the album Historias Oscuras in April 2016, Pateando con el Rock n' Roll in September 2016, and Rictus Umbrio in November 2017. Their lyrical themes draw on myths, urban legends, and ancient literary sources, lending their straightforward heavy metal a distinctly eerie character. Tracks like "La Hija Malvada" and "El Farol del Diablo" from Rictus Umbrio showcase the band's appetite for dark storytelling within a classic Argentine metal framework.
Post-metal and stoner band from Bristol, England, formed in 2016. They blend expansive post-metal dynamics with stoner metal grooves from the West Country.
Ceifador is a one-man thrash and speed metal project from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, created by Clayton Maximinus, a former guitarist of the thrash band Alcoholikiller. Active from 2003 through approximately 2020, the project released a string of independent albums including “Alcoholic Speed Metal” (2010), “Heavy Metal 666” (2014), and “All Hell Breaking Loose” (2020), all self-described as “Alcoholic Speed Metal from Hell.”
Ceiffador is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band is listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum and maintains an active presence in the Brazilian underground thrash scene. Their name, a deliberate alternate spelling of the Portuguese word for “reaper,” reflects the aggressive, death-fixated aesthetic common to the Brazilian thrash tradition.
Atmospheric black metal band from Auxerre in Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a raw black metal framework.
Doom and sludge metal band from Castellon de la Plana, Spain, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing, oppressive doom-sludge from the Mediterranean coast.
Progressive death metal act from Östersund in the Swedish mountain region, active since 2010. Celeborn — named after the Tolkien elf lord — blends progressive complexity with death metal from Jämtland.
Black and death metal band from Bree, Belgium, formed in 2018. They merge the atmospheric hostility of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, operating from the Limburg province's underground scene.
Blackened death metal act from Verona, formed in 2019. Celebrarian delivers fierce extreme metal from one of northern Italy's most storied cities.
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