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Bulgarian death metal unit from Sofia, active since 2007. Their catalog spans releases like Dirty Exterminating Arrogant Turbo Holocaust and 35 Minutes Of Skull-Smash-Terror-Metal, channeling an aggressive, uncompromising strain of death metal with tongue-in-cheek irreverence.
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh, putrid death metal to the Greek underground.
Black metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric black metal from the West Country.
Springfield, Missouri's Copulatory Wounding operate in the slam death metal zone, delivering the genre's signature rhythmic brutality and guttural vocal performances with full commitment to the form. Their sound is suffocatingly heavy, built for the underground pit rather than the mainstream.
Death metal band from Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains, Germany, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Cor are veterans of the Saxon-Anhalt death metal underground.
Black metal project from Kyiv, formed in 2025. Cor in Somnia — Latin for 'heart in sleep' — channels atmospheric black metal from the Ukrainian capital.
Melodic black metal project from Sogndal founded by ex-Windir keyboardist Gaute Refsnes, replacing folk influences with classical inspiration drawn from Prokofiev, Grieg, and Rachmaninov. Fellow former Windir member Stian Bakketeig also joined, making Cor Scorpii a vital continuation of the Sognametal legacy on Dark Essence Records.
Progressive black-death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. They blend progressive complexity with extreme metal darkness from the French capital.
Death metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, formed in 2019. They channel death metal aggression from Denmark's west coast port city.
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