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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Grindcore band from Subotica in northern Serbia near the Hungarian border, active since 2014. Their sound channels blasting grindcore intensity from the Vojvodina region's northernmost major city.
Raleigh's Etiolated have been draining the color from death metal since 2015, infusing it with the slow grief of doom to produce a death-doom sound that is genuinely desolate. Named for the pale withering of plants denied light, the band lives up to their moniker.
Doom and drone metal project from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France formed in 2023. They craft massive, slow-burning heaviness from southwestern France.
Crossover thrash and death metal band from Briones in La Rioja, Spain, active since 2011. They blast fierce crossover extremity from one of Spain's smallest wine-producing towns.
Black metal project from Montigny-le-Bretonneux near Paris, France formed in 2020. They channel ethereal black metal from the Ile-de-France suburbs.
When Eton Flesh emerged in 2021 from Derby, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Progressive metal act from Murnau in Upper Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024, building intricate compositions from the foothills of the Alps. Their approach brings technical ambition and structural complexity to the Bavarian metal scene.
Progressive metal project from France launched in 2019. They deliver intricate, forward-thinking progressive metal.
Heavy metal and power metal act from the Community of Madrid, Spain formed in 2022. Their debut No Hay Solucion channels classic heavy metal with a raw, no-frills approach.
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