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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Thrash metal act from Asnaes on Denmark's island of Zealand, delivering relentless aggression since 2015. Their palindromic name mirrors the relentless, circular fury of their thrash metal assault.
Thrash/death metal band from Felgueiras in northern Portugal, active since 2015. Their sound fuses thrash metal's speed with death metal's aggression from the Minho region's industrial interior.
When Evilnasty emerged in 2015 from Varese, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Death/thrash metal band from Toulouse, France active since 2013. They deliver fierce extreme metal from southern France.
Black metal and speed metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland active since 2013. They fuse the raw aggression of black metal with the velocity of speed metal from southeastern Finland.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal and folk metal with a focus on traditional folk melodies woven into heavy metal frameworks. Formed in 2017, based in Arvika, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Black metal project from Alfeld (Leine) in Lower Saxony, Germany, channeling dark lordship through raw compositions since 2021. Their name merges evil and nobility, reflecting the aristocratic darkness of their black metal.
Evilrazor is a thrash metal band from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The five-piece outfit — featuring members performing under names such as Felipe Desintegratör, Renato Misfits, and Fred Witchunter — plays aggressive old-school thrash and released the demo "Be Prepared… for the Real Holocaust" as an early statement of intent.
Evilrise is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active under their current name since 2016 and signed to In Musica Records. The band released the album "Necrotech… to Take the Edge off Our Hunger," recorded and produced at In Musica Records in São Paulo, exploring themes of protest and political hatred through brutal death metal.
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