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Thrash/black metal act from Mannheim, Germany, merging thrash velocity with black metal's atmospheric darkness since 2016. Their termination-themed name drives a sound built on the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Extipicium is a one-man black metal project from La Falda, in the Sierras de Córdoba, created and handled entirely by Bacilo the Koch, who plays guitars, bass, and handles all vocals and production. The project's debut album, Through Ancient Rites to the Finest Architecture of Extinction, was released in November 2020 and features guest vocal contributions from Javier Blasfemor across most of its ten tracks. A second album, III: PULVIS.CINIS.NIHIL, followed in January 2022, with all releases self-managed under a DIY ethos.
Extirpado is a black/death metal power duo from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2014 by guitarist/vocalist León Dávalos and drummer Eduardo Salazar. The band plays a brutal, fast-paced hybrid of black and death metal, and released their debut EP Bestia in 2018.
Trollhättan's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this brutal death metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Slamming brutal death metal band from Cordoba, Spain formed in 2017. Their 2017 album Live the Infected features nine tracks of gory, relentless brutality with gore-soaked song titles and crushing slam breakdowns.
Death/black metal act from Essen in Germany's Ruhr Valley, merging two of extreme metal's most ferocious subgenres since 2013. Their name, meaning forcible removal or eradication, captures the violent intensity of their dual-genre approach.
Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.
Doom metal act from Munich, Germany, crafting crushing, slow-paced compositions since 2006. Their two-decade career reflects enduring commitment to the suffocating heaviness that defines the doom metal genre.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this groove metal act from Edinburgh traffics in chugging, syncopated riffs built for maximum head-nodding impact. Since 2023, they've built a catalog that reflects the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition.
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