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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Death metal and deathcore band from Denmark, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing extremity through a blend of death metal brutality and deathcore breakdowns.
Thrash metal band from Letojanni near Messina, Sicily, active since 2013. Carboncoke delivers sharp, no-frills thrash riffing from the Sicilian coast.
Progressive groove-thrash metal band from Le Havre, France, formed in 2021. They blend progressive complexity with heavy grooves and thrash aggression from the Norman port city.
Death-grind act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2024. Carbonized Eyesockets delivers blast-driven extremity from Russia's northern capital.
Florida/California brutal death and black metal band formed around 2011, pairing punishing dual-genre aggression with science-fiction lyrical themes.
Thrash metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
Carbonizer was a thrash metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2013 and active until around 2017. The four-piece independent act released the EP "Nuclear Moon" in May 2016, delivering a raw, aggressive sound rooted in classic thrash with lyrical themes covering religion, violence, and war.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Tilleda, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with modern metalcore dynamics.
German melodic death metal act active since 1988. As one of the country's earliest death metal bands, Carcades helped pioneer the genre in Germany over three and a half decades ago.
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