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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Thrash metal act from the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony, Germany, freshly formed in 2025. Their hell-referencing name drives a sound rooted in the fiery intensity and relentless speed of classic thrash metal.
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Death metal and goregrind act from Copenhagen, Denmark, emerging in 2026 with provocatively titled extremity. Their approach channels the most transgressive and visceral tendencies of extreme metal.
Polish brutal death metal and death metal act, active since 2025 delivering suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Rooted in the country that produced Behemoth and Vader, each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
New Orleans legends Exhorder helped birth the groove metal template before most bands knew what to call it, and their 2019 reformation brought that signature Southern heaviness roaring back into the conversation. Equal parts thrash ferocity and swampy mid-tempo swing, they remain one of the Crescent City's most important contributions to extreme metal.
Connecticut's Exhortation have been hammering out uncompromising death metal since 2016, channeling the region's underground intensity into punishing, riff-forward compositions. Their approach is rooted in classic death metal craft — no frills, no concessions, just dense and purposeful brutality.
Death metal act from Louny in northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2024, unearthing crushing heaviness from one of the country's smaller metal communities. Their approach channels the raw energy of emerging death metal acts.
Exhumacion Profana is a black/death metal band from Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, founded in 2019 with lyrical themes centered on Colombian violence, war, and anti-religion. They released Demo 2022, a self-titled demo (2023), the EP La Parca (2023), and their debut full-length MCB&P (2025).
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2024, based in Messina, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
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