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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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Goregrind outfit from Sofia, Bulgaria, delivering nauseating blasts of extreme noise since 2013. Their commitment to the genre's most revolting sonic extremes reflects a dedication to pushing the boundaries of heavy music.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2019. They deliver aggressive melodic death metal from northern Greece.
Firmly rooted in heavy metal, this Polish actfrom Tychy delivers old-school metal worship with genuine fire and conviction without compromise. They've been at it since 2021, and classic riffs and commanding vocals anchor every track.
Industrial and symphonic metal project from France launched in 2019. They fuse mechanical industrial textures with orchestral metal grandeur.
Swiss grindcore project with an overtly political name, formed in 2024, channeling socioeconomic frustration into blasts of extreme noise. Their approach marries grindcore's brevity and fury with pointed social commentary.
Death/thrash metal band from Madrid, Spain active since 2012. They deliver fierce, extreme metal from the heart of the Spanish capital.
Death metal act from Flonheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, freshly formed in 2025. Their name evokes the casting out of demons, driving a sound built on death metal's most aggressive and ritualistic tendencies.
Tampa's Exorcism Wounds evolved from raw black metal into a black/speed/thrash hybrid since forming in 2021, with the Florida city's long legacy of extreme metal clearly shaping their increasingly aggressive trajectory. The shift toward speed and thrash has sharpened their sound into something fiercer and more kinetic.
Exorcismo is a thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, rooted in the old-school 80s style of bands like Sepultura, Vio-lence, and Dark Angel. The band released their debut full-length "Exorcise and Steal" in 2018 through Narcoleptica Productions, a ten-track record that includes a cover of Attomica's "Deathraiser."
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