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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Melodic heavy metal band from Hagen in Germany's Westphalia region, one of the country's longer-running acts in the style with roots going back to 1999. Their quarter-century career reflects enduring dedication to melodic, hook-driven heavy metal.
Technical death metal outfit Essomenic bring surgical precision and compositional ambition to the Indianapolis underground scene. Their intricate, churning riffs reward close listeners who can keep up with the complexity.
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands — death metal and grindcore of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2011, they deal in punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Estado Laico is a grindcore band formed in 2022 in the Pimentas neighborhood of Guarulhos, São Paulo, playing fast and confrontational music rooted in social criticism from a working-class perspective. The four-piece outfit has released multiple recordings including the EP "Vai pro Lixo da História" and subsequent works such as "Estamos no Inferno" and "SISTEMA".
Estado Revoltoso is a death/black metal band from Valparaíso de Goiás, Brazil, whose old-school extreme metal draws on both genres' most aggressive traditions. The band released their debut album "Eles Caminhavam com a Morte" in January 2018, followed by "Deus Inexistente" in 2019, and have contributed tracks to international compilations including Metal Against Nazifascism.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2011, based in Dobryanka, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Black metal, death metal, and grindcore act from Badalona near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2015. They deliver a punishing blend of extreme subgenres from the greater Barcelona metropolitan area.
Heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, crafting powerful, riff-centered compositions since 2014. Their straightforward approach to traditional metal reflects the enduring strength of the genre in the Czech capital.
When Esthesis emerged in 2020 from Kirov, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
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