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Death metal act from the Volkswagen city of Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2022, unearthing crushing heaviness. Their excavation-themed name mirrors their approach of digging into death metal's deepest, most primal foundations.
Venice, California's Excel are a storied name in the American crossover thrash tradition, their roots going back before the current active period, and continuing as a working band since 2014. Drawing from the beach punk and skate-thrash culture of the Venice scene, their music bridges the ferocity of hardcore with the technical muscle of thrash in a way that defined West Coast crossover.
Excellence is a melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, whose sound blends classic 1980s hard rock with traditional heavy metal. The band released their debut album "Against the Odds" in 2010 and featured keyboardist Fábio Ribeiro, known for his work with Angra and Shaman, while two of their founding members, bassist Robson Van Der Ham and drummer Marcos Rigoli, were among the victims of the tragic Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria in January 2013.
When Excellent Cadaver emerged in 2012 from Dundee, they brought with them a sound rooted in metalcore — all hardcore aggression refined with metal's technical ambition. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Excelsis Tenebrae is a brutal and technical death metal project from Buenos Aires, built around guitarist and vocalist Patricio Posse alongside drummer Santiago Sauza. The band released their debut EP Eternity Denied in October 2017, a three-track recording produced at La Septima Casa studio in Ramos Mejía that draws on influences including Nile, Morbid Angel, and Suffocation. The project grew out of an earlier Miami-based incarnation called Serpenthorn that Posse ran during his high school years before relocating to Argentina.
Death, melodic death, and metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2007. They deliver aggressive, modern extreme metal from the French capital.
Black/death metal act from Nuremberg, Germany, delivering unrestrained extremity since 2007. Their name captures the over-the-top, boundary-pushing intensity of their approach to extreme metal.
Firmly rooted in black metal, this Swedish actfrom Smögen delivers venomous shrieks over walls of distortion without compromise. They've been at it since 2005, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Progressive death/thrash metal act from Switzerland's Rhine Valley, combining the technicality of progressive metal with death and thrash aggression since 2007. Their genre-crossing approach blends cerebral complexity with visceral, high-speed energy.
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