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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Brave New World (2025)
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Grindcore and sludge band from Liverpool, England, active since 2012. Corrupt Moral Altar deliver abrasive, chaotic extremity from the Merseyside underground.
Death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing death metal from the Catalan underground.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2014. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from Scotland's largest city.
Heavy metal band from Abtsgmund, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver classic heavy metal from the rural Swabian countryside.
Power-thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2014. They blend the melodic energy of power metal with thrash metal aggression from the East Midlands.
Chattanooga, Tennessee death metal and hardcore band channeling Southern aggression through the collision of two of heavy music's most punishing subgenres. Their music hits with the combined force of both scenes' most brutal impulses.
Lucerne Valley, CA death metal outfit that layers progressive song structures over technically demanding riffwork. Their sound blurs the line between brutality and cerebral complexity.
Death metal band from Hyvinkaa, Finland, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh brutality to the Finnish death metal underground.
Progressive power metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They blend soaring melodies with progressive complexity from the Greek capital.
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