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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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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.
Death metal act from Naters in Switzerland's German-speaking Valais region, delivering guttural extremity since 2019. Their Alpine setting provides stark contrast to the crushing, low-end heaviness of their death metal sound.
Death/black metal band from the Black Sea port city of Burgas, Bulgaria, merging two of extreme metal's most ferocious subgenres since 2012. Their coastal origins add a distinctive edge to their blend of death and black metal fury.
Death metal project with roots in Minsk, Belarus, later relocating to Brussels, Belgium, bridging Eastern and Western European extreme metal since 2019. Their nomadic trajectory has infused their sound with influences from both the Belarusian and Belgian underground scenes.
Exhumatory is a Death/Thrash Metal band from Quito, Ecuador. The band released the EP "Bone Crusher" in 2019, operating independently within Ecuador's underground extreme metal scene.
Exhumatory is a Death/Thrash Metal band from Quito, Ecuador. The band released the EP "Bone Crusher" in 2019, operating independently within Ecuador's underground extreme metal scene.
Death metal act from Denmark, formed in 2024, unearthing crushing, old-school-influenced extremity. Their grave-digging name captures the primal, archaic quality of their death metal approach.
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