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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Slam and brutal death metal act from Minsk, Belarus, known for their punishing, guttural assault of pig squeals, crushing breakdowns, and relentless heaviness since 2013. Their releases "Serial Urbicide" and "Butcher Basement" have earned them a dedicated following in the international slam death metal community.
Suffocating Heavy / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels black metal and death metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2014, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Crossover thrash, death, and thrash metal band from Almeria, Andalusia, Spain active since 2011. They deliver fierce, high-velocity extreme metal from southeastern Spain.
Exterminio is a death metal band from San Martín, Buenos Aires, with roots stretching back to 1989, making them one of Argentina's earliest death metal acts alongside Vibrion and Escabios. Founding vocalist Fernando Grippo has remained a constant presence across the band's history, which spans the early cassette era through full-lengths including Epitaph (1994), Homicide in First Degree (2007, via Hurling Metal Records), Inhuman Atrocities (2012, via Icarus Music), and Narcorporations (2017). The current lineup also features guitarists Carlos Varela and Alejandro Bustamante, bassist Richard Farias, and drummer Juan Calvete.
Progressive metal band from Parkano/Tampere, Finland formed in 2019. They deliver intricate, forward-thinking metal from the Pirkanmaa region.
Tidaholm-based death metal act, active since 2015 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Death metal, melodic death metal, and power metal band from Pori, Finland active since 2013. They fuse the aggression of death metal with the melody and energy of power metal.
Rolo (Reggio Emilia)-based thrash metal act, active since 2022 delivering Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
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