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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Melodic death metal and deathcore act from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2022, blending melodic precision with crushing breakdowns. Their paradoxical name merges paradise with tyranny, capturing the tension between beauty and aggression in their sound.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Elysion Fields have been working the thrash/groove intersection since 2011 — riffs with real momentum behind them, pushed forward by groove metal's locomotive sense of rhythm.
Czech metal act from Tynec nad Labem that evolved from melodic death metal origins toward deathcore since their 2022 formation. Their stylistic shift reflects the broader evolution of modern extreme metal toward breakdown-heavy, rhythmically punishing territory.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Moscow-based black metal act channels raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Active since 2021, lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
In existence since 2011, this Moscow Death Metal, Folk Metal, and Melodic Death Metal outfit delivers labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Proof that the underground never sleeps, this black metal act from Gothenburg traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2013, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Death/doom metal band from Magenta, France formed in 2018. They channel mournful heaviness from the Ile-de-France region.
Em Ruínas is a speed metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, dedicated to the raw, high-energy sound of 1980s speed metal. The duo has released two full-length albums — ...From the Speed Metal Graves (2010) and No Speed Limit (Metal Tornado) (2017) — along with an EP titled Furiosa (2016), maintaining a long-running presence in the Brazilian underground metal scene.
Straddling the line between death metal and technical death metal, this British actfrom Brighton fuses HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2011, and their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
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