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Blackened death metal act from Dublin, formed in 2016. Coscradh — an Irish word meaning 'slaughter' — has earned a fierce reputation for chaotic, war-like extreme metal.
Cosecha Lagrimas is a melodic death metal band from Mar del Plata, Argentina, drawing clear influence from the Scandinavian melodic death tradition — their Bandcamp catalog includes the tracks "Corazón Flamígero" and "Animus Meminisse Horret", and in 2016 they released a live EP alongside a recording of Sentenced's "May Today Become the Day". The band celebrated their seventh anniversary with a live performance in Mar del Plata in 2014, marking them as one of the longer-running melodic death acts on Argentina's Atlantic coast.
St. Petersburg, FL doom metal band that crafts slow, heavy music steeped in the humid oppressiveness of the Florida underground. Their riffs sink like anchors and linger long after the last note fades.
Expansive Atmospheric Black / Post-Metal out of Texas.
Virginia brutal death metal act that weaponizes speed, blast beats, and guttural extremity. Their name says it all — they deal in punishment at the outer limits of the genre.
Cosmic Abyss is a progressive thrash metal and crossover band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. They combine the technical aggression of thrash metal with crossover punk energy, and their thematic focus on cosmic and futuristic subjects sets them apart within the Brasília underground scene. The band is independent and active.
Black metal project from Gothenburg, formed in 2020. Cosmic Altar channels cosmic-themed black metal from Sweden's west coast.
Atmospheric black metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2018. They craft spacious, celestial-themed black metal with dense atmospheric layers.
Death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the cultural capital of Saxony.
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