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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Belgrade symphonic black metal act formed in 2015, weaving orchestral grandeur through extreme metal ferocity from Serbia's capital. Their cinematic approach channels the drama and darkness of symphonic black metal's most ambitious expressions.
Thrash metal band from Birmingham, England, active since 2013. They deliver aggressive thrash from the birthplace of heavy metal.
Danvers, Massachusetts death metal band incorporating groove metal's rhythmic punch into their sound, favoring mid-paced brutality and thick, churning riff work since 2019.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity through a blend of brutal death and grinding chaos.
Santa Maria brutal death and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering chaotic, speed-driven extremity that blurs the line between the two genres with short, savage, and unrelenting compositions.
Death metal act from the small town of Safi, Malta, formed in 2021. Carnivorous Horde brings extreme metal to the tiny Mediterranean island nation.
Brutal death-grindcore band from Liverpool, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver mechanized, grinding extremity from Merseyside.
Centennial, Colorado melodic black/death metal act blending atmospheric sweep with genuine aggression since 2020, drawing on the melodic black metal tradition while keeping the extremity sharp.
Heavy metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2010. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven heavy metal from the Lower Saxon heartland.
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