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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Stockholm-based death metal and melodic death metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2021, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Heavy metal and power metal band from Grenoble, France active since 2017. They deliver melodic, soaring metal from the French Alps.
Eyjafjallajökull is a Brazilian raw black metal project that has operated on a DIY underground philosophy since 2013, releasing material through Dipsomaniac Records. Their 2013 EP "Donasdogamatastos" showcases a primitive, lo-fi approach with lyrics in Portuguese covering anti-nationalist themes. The band self-describes their style as "Trve & Kvlt Brazilian Anti-Nationalist Raw Black Fuckin' Metal."
Part of the island that birthed Sólstafir and Misthyrming, this act channels black metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2018, based in Reykjavík, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Drawing from Riga's musical fabric, this Latvian act forges Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, and Post-Metal built on Eyehategod-indebted misery channeled through crushing volume. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Black metal project from Germany, channeling ancient darkness through archaic German spelling since 2013. Their old-fashioned, iron-referencing name lends a medieval quality to their atmospheric black metal.
Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Pombal in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their sound blends doom metal's crushing weight with death metal aggression and atmospheric depth from the Leiria district.
Post-metal act from Herne in Germany's Ruhr Valley, crafting expansive, atmospheric compositions since 2019. Their approach channels the vast, dynamic range of post-metal from one of the Ruhr region's industrial cities.
Death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France active since 2005. With two decades of history, they are veterans of the Breton death metal scene.
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