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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Death metal and gothic metal band from Espoo, Finland active since 2007. They blend the brutality of death metal with gothic atmospherics from the Helsinki region.
Enthropy is a black metal band from Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band released the album "Disorder of the Universe and the Expansion to the End" in 2022, pursuing an extreme and atmospheric approach to the genre.
Black metal project from Schwalmstadt in Hesse, Germany, active since 2015, whose name means "dehumanized" in German. Their moniker captures the misanthropic, inhuman quality of their raw black metal compositions.
The Polish city of Lublin serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.
Detroit's Entice arrived in 2024 carrying the motor city's legacy of heavy music into a heavy/thrash metal template — hard-hitting riffs and road-tested toughness baked into a city with no shortage of metalheads to answer to.
Portland's Enticer has been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 2014 in a city better known for its extreme acts, keeping the NWOBHM spirit alive with soaring riffs and a reverence for the genre's classic foundations.
Chicago's Enticer marries power metal's soaring anthemics with thrash's aggression, a combination that has given them a distinct identity in the city's crowded metal scene since forming in 2014. Think twin guitars, big choruses, and fast picking.
New Haven's Entierro began as a stoner/doom outfit before steering toward heavier traditional metal, a trajectory that reflects a band constantly testing what it means to be heavy — slow and hazy one era, riff-forward and purposeful the next. Active since 2014.
Emerging from Southampton, this British act forges Progressive Metal and Thrash Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
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