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Death metal band from Biarritz on the Atlantic coast of France, active since 2016. They bring brutal death metal from the Basque Country's seaside resort town.
Orange County's Excised play melodic death metal with a heavier, more visceral edge than the Gothenburg tradition that inspired them, active since 2015. Their Southern California roots push them toward a sunnier sense of melody even as the riffs stay caustic and the drumming punishing — melodic death metal for a scene that likes its music both catchy and brutal.
Excised was a death metal band from Iquique, Chile, working in the tradition of Swedish death metal acts such as Nihilist, Dismember, and Grave. Their 2016 release Rotting Away, a seven-track album recorded at Norte Detonante Estudio, is their primary documented output before the band split up.
Excisio is a black doom metal band from Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1999 by Ricardo Santos, whose compositions draw inspiration from the fantasy and horror literature of Tolkien, Lovecraft, and Poe. The band self-released the demo "Dark Chamber Symphonies" in 1999 and the demo "Lost Kingdoms" in 2001, later issuing a split with LALSSU titled "Like Ashes Carried by the Wind" in 2021.
Heavy metal and hard rock act from Hamburg, Germany, forging classic, powerful compositions since 2021. Their approach channels the raw energy and swagger of traditional metal and hard rock.
Heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2022. They bring classic heavy metal power from the heart of Finland.
Underground to the core, this heavy metal act from Linköping traffics in twin-guitar harmonies and commanding vocal lines. Since 2019, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Thrash metal act from Berlin, Germany, delivering high-energy aggression since 2016. Their paradoxically upbeat name contrasts with the punishing intensity of their thrash metal assault.
Exclusionist are a freshly formed death-thrash outfit from Salt Lake City, Utah, coming together in 2025 with a sound that fuses thrash metal's headlong momentum with death metal's darker tonal palette. The band is part of Utah's growing underground metal community, bringing a coiled, aggressive energy to one of the American West's more unlikely metal cities.
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