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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 Hamburg, Germany, delivering explosive, high-speed aggression since 2013. Their violently evocative name captures the destructive energy of their no-holds-barred thrash approach.
Progressive and groove metal project from Belgium, formed in 2020, blending intricate progressive structures with the rhythmic punch of groove metal. Their sound balances cerebral complexity with physical, riff-driven heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Limavady, Northern Ireland formed in 2023. They bring classic heavy metal from County Londonderry.
Death metal band from Kangasniemi, Finland active since 2007. They deliver raw death metal from rural eastern Finland.
Exit-13 was a grindcore and crossover project from Millersville, Pennsylvania, founded in 1989 by Relapse Records co-founder Bill Yurkiewicz alongside guitarist Steve O'Donnell and bassist Joel DiPietro. Yurkiewicz remained the sole constant member across a series of demos, EPs, and full-lengths including Green Is Good (1990) and Ethos Musick (1994), with lyrics addressing environmental destruction, social decay, and political hypocrisy delivered over spastic grind frameworks. The project disbanded in 1997, but its existence is historically significant for its direct connection to Relapse Records and the American underground extreme metal infrastructure of the early 1990s.
When Exitiale emerged in 2025 from Kungur, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and heavy metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Ferocious Thrash Metal from Houston.
Black/doom metal project from Leipzig, Germany, merging the atmospheric bleakness of black metal with doom's crushing weight since 2020. Their Latin name, meaning "destruction of oneself," reflects the self-destructive, nihilistic core of their sound.
Death metal act from Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, delivering visceral extremity since 2010. Their name evokes the aftermath of violence, capturing the raw, graphic intensity of their death metal.
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