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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Death metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver punishing death metal from the historic Hessian university city.
Los Angeles technical death metal band Consciously Dying build their sound on complex, labyrinthine riff structures and precise, punishing rhythms that push the genre's limits in SoCal's competitive extreme metal circuit.
Sludge metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2008. They deliver crushing, oppressive sludge from Finland's third-largest city.
Death-thrash metal band from Northampton, England, formed in 2016. They merge death metal aggression with thrash speed from the English Midlands.
Blackened death metal act from Moscow, formed in 2021. Consecrate channels dark aggression from the Russian capital.
Death-doom metal band from Norwich, England, active since 2010. They craft crushing, slow-burning death-doom from the Norfolk capital.
Wichita Falls, Texas thrash outfit Consecrator bring old-school intensity and no-frills aggression to the Lone Star underground, ripping through sets with the direct force and attitude of classic 80s thrash.
Consecuencias is a death/sludge and hardcore band from the western suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 2019 by Ivann on vocals, Ezequiel on bass, Faka on drums, and xMarc on guitar. They self-recorded their Demo 2018 across various locations in the west of the city and later released the full-length Todo Abismo Calma Sus Ojos, delivering politically charged extremity with a raw, DIY ethos.
Metalcore band from Saalfeld in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver heavy breakdowns and melodic passages from the Thuringian Forest region.
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