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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Framingham, Massachusetts death/progressive metal band weaving technical sophistication into brutal death metal foundations. Shifting time signatures and melodic complexity set them apart from more straightforward regional acts.
Tulsa, Oklahoma brutal death/grind band cranking out short, savage blasts of gore-drenched extremity. Their music careens between death metal heaviness and grindcore speed with no regard for restraint.
Franklin, New Hampshire death metal act forged in the underground with a sound indebted to the genre's early brutality. Crushing mid-paced riffs and aggressive vocals define their deliberate, punishing style.
Death metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, active since 2010. They deliver crushing death metal from the Tyneside.
Thrash metal band from Heinola, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Finnish lake town.
Black metal band from Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate, Germany, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, Contaminant channel cold, atmospheric black metal from the Bavarian-Czech borderlands.
Melodic death metal act from Uzhhorod in Transcarpathia, active since 2014. Contaminated delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Carpathian border region.
Heavy/thrash metal band fusing the anthemic riff structures of traditional heavy metal with the aggressive edge of thrash. Their sound sits at the crossroads between classic metal power and hard-hitting velocity.
Swedish black metal project formed in 2020, channeling atmospheric darkness and raw intensity. Their sound draws from the primal foundations of Scandinavian extreme metal.
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