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Death/doom metal band from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2013. Their sound merges death metal's aggression with doom metal's oppressive weight from the Portuguese capital.
New York's Embracing Carpathian Mourning draw on Eastern European black metal's epic and foreboding qualities, channeling the Carpathian mystique through an American underground lens. Active since 2022, they pursue a distinctly atmospheric and mythological strain of the style.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Porto, Portugal, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with thrash metal's velocity. Their sound represents Porto's contribution to Portuguese extreme metal.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Vantaa, Finland active since 2016. They deliver aggressive yet melodically rich death metal from the greater Helsinki area.
Gothic metal band from Sinj, Croatia active since 2008. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic metal from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Embrio is a thrash metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, with a prolific discography spanning over a decade and a half. The band has released a steady string of full-length albums including Prophets of Doom (2008), Corporation Is a Cancer (2010), Testify (2012), Revolt Against the System (2013), and Karmadoom (2017), establishing themselves as a consistent presence in the Brazilian thrash scene.
Practitioners of death metal, this Polish outfit from Gliwice has been refining their craft since 2006. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with fierce commitment.
San Francisco's Embrium thread post-black metal's expansive, textural qualities through shoegaze's luminous dissonance, arriving at something genuinely atmospheric. Founded in 2021, the band belongs to a current wave of Bay Area artists pushing black metal into introspective and sonically immersive territory.
Heavy/stoner metal act from Randers, Denmark, forging thick, fuzz-laden compositions since 2021. Their nascent, growth-referencing name hints at the organic, developing quality of their heavy, stoner-infused sound.
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