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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Death/black/doom metal act from Santander on Spain's northern coast, merging three extreme subgenres since 2017. Their approach draws from the Cantabrian coast's harsh, windswept character to fuel their multi-genre darkness.
Minneapolis thrash act Eldergaad has been running through the genre's playbook with conviction since 2011 — fast riffs, aggressive rhythms, and the city's underground credibility behind them. Straight-ahead thrash with no detours.
Doom and sludge metal band from Worcester, England launched in 2024. They bring crushing heaviness from the West Midlands.
Raw black metal and ambient project from Germany, merging the genre's most primitive aggression with ethereal, atmospheric layers since 2014. Their approach creates a stark contrast between lo-fi black metal fury and contemplative ambient passages.
Eldermoon is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Curitiba, Brazil, blending heavy metal, metalcore, and melodic death metal influences. The band has released the EPs We Are Lost No More and Vita Mortem, followed by their full-length debut Egregora (2024) through Sliptrick Records, a concept album narrated by a moon-like omniscient entity.
Chicago's ElderSkald takes the heavy/progressive metal combination seriously, building technically accomplished music with real compositional depth since 2017. The Windy City's metal scene provides a sturdy backdrop for a band that prizes craft.
Lisbon, Portugal — groove metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2025, they deal in Pantera-descended heaviness with rhythmic swagger. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Sandhem, Sweden — black metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2018, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Proof that the underground never sleeps, this folk metal act from Kyiv traffics in traditional folk melodies woven into heavy metal frameworks. Since 2014, they've built a catalog that reflects Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community.
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