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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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The Norwegian city of Oslo 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.
Black/thrash metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2019. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal speed from southern Finland.
The Polish city of Warsaw serves as headquarters for this heavy metal operation, whose arsenal includes classic metal thunder with a modern edge. The production keeps things raw and honest — no frills, all metal.
Melodic death metal band from Galicia, Spain formed in 2017, incorporating groove, technical, and thrash elements. Their 2017 demo single Ray of Light showcases powerful instrumentation across all fronts.
Gothenburg-based sludge metal and stoner metal act, active since 2026 delivering wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Black, death, and thrash metal band from Reading, England active since 2014. They unleash a triple-headed extreme metal assault from Berkshire.
Evil Church was a black metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in February 2002. The band explored themes of blasphemy, Satanism, and war across a discography that included two demos — "The Lust Satan's Throne" (2005) and "Brains Rotten for Lies" (2007) — and the full-length album "Subjugating the Faith's Crawlers..." released in 2010 through Impaled Records.
Practitioners of black metal, death metal, and doom metal, this Hungarian outfit from Nagyatád has been refining their craft since 2014. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with dogged persistence.
The Swedish city of Kumla serves as headquarters for this power metal operation, whose arsenal includes fist-raising anthems built on speed and melody in equal measure. Every chorus reaches for the rafters with absolute focus.
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