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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brave New World (2025)
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Melodic death-thrash act from Katrineholm in Södermanland, formed in 2019. Centicore delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal from central Sweden.
Centimani is a death metal band from Boulder, Colorado, named after the hundred-handed giants of Greek mythology and playing dense, technically demanding death metal rooted in ancient mythological themes and dark, complex arrangements.
Speed-thrash metal band from Brentwood in Essex, England, formed in 2014. They deliver high-velocity, aggressive metal from the London commuter belt.
Heavy metal band from Albacete in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, formed in 2021. They channel classic heavy metal power from the central Spanish plains.
Death metal band from the Dalarna towns of Hedemora and Avesta, active since 1997. Centinex is one of Sweden's longest-running death metal acts with nearly three decades of unrelenting output.
Crossover thrash band from Tours, France, active since 2009. They blend thrash metal speed with hardcore punk energy from the Loire Valley.
Stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver thick, fuzz-drenched stoner grooves from the Finnish capital.
Central Disorder is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Crestwood, Illinois, blending the hooky, Gothenburg-influenced melodic sensibility of melodic death metal with the breakdown-driven intensity of American metalcore.
Central Power is a power and heavy metal band from Maryville, Tennessee, delivering anthemic, melodic heavy metal with soaring vocals, twin-guitar energy, and the uplifting drive of American traditional and power metal.
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