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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Death-doom metal band from Herborn, Germany, formed in 2024. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the Hessian Lahn-Dill region.
Raw black metal project from Utrecht, formed in 2021. Cer delivers stripped-down, lo-fi black metal from the Dutch heartland.
Death-grind act from Ankara, formed in 2025. Cerahat — Turkish for 'pus' — delivers visceral extremity from the Turkish capital.
Death metal act from Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, active since 2015. Cerber — Russian spelling of Cerberus — delivers hellish death metal from the Russian Far East.
Riverside, New Jersey band working in death-doom, combining the crushing weight of doom metal with the brutality of death metal for a slow, dense, and suffocating sound.
Lakeland, Florida death metal band playing in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied brutal death metal underground.
Cerberus Attack is a thrash metal band formed in 2009 in the São Mateus district of São Paulo, drawing heavily on 1980s American and European thrash influences. They released their debut full-length "From East With Hate" in 2017, followed by "Abyss of Lost Souls" in 2021 on Thrash or Death Records. The band has shared the stage with international acts such as Vio-Lence and Exhorder at the Kool Metal Fest in São Paulo.
Melodic death metal band from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England, formed in 2016. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the English Home Counties.
Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.
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