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Endrah is a São Paulo, Brazil band playing a self-described fusion of death metal, thrash, and hardcore — billed as "Extreme Fight Metal" — founded in 2002 under the name INK before adopting the Endrah name in 2004. The band has headlined eight national tours of Brazil, supported acts including Hatebreed and Brujeria, and released their third full-length album "Bloodshed and Violence" in February 2025.
Mesa, Arizona black metal project channeling the Sonoran Desert's stark, unforgiving landscape into cold atmospheric black metal since 2021. Their music speaks to the particular isolation of the desert Southwest, where emptiness becomes its own kind of terror.
Hamburg-based death metal force with five albums from 2015's "Corrosive Revelation" through 2023's "Global Worming," establishing themselves as one of northern Germany's most prolific death metal acts. Their relentless output and active touring schedule reflect a band deeply committed to the genre's crushing traditions.
Straddling the line between doom metal and stoner metal, this Russian actfrom Saint Petersburg fuses wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2012, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Black metal act from Goppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, channeling terminal darkness since 2016. Their name, German for "terminal stage," captures the finality and desperation that permeates their black metal compositions.
Thrash metal band from Turku, Finland that emerged in 2025. They bring fierce thrash energy to southwestern Finland's metal community.
Black metal act from Kiel in northern Germany, delivering raw, uncompromising extremity since 2023. Their name, German for "end silence," suggests a shattering of quiet through blast-beat fury and tremolo-picked aggression.
Trysil's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Milwaukee melodic death/metalcore veterans active since 2002, combining the hook-driven sensibility of Scandinavian melodeath with the breakdowns and emotional directness of metalcore. Over two decades they have remained a fixture of Wisconsin's extreme metal community.
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