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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Spawned in Birmingham's underground, this electronic death metal/ambient outfit channels british ferocity since 2022. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
An established progressive metal voice from England, contributing to United Kingdom's underground since 2024. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
A furious heavy metal entity from Draveil, contributing to the french underground since 2014. Classic metal craftsmanship and energetic delivery define their approach.
Thrash Metal/Metalcore act from Montauban in France, active since 1997 and delivering raw extremity. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
Austrian thrash/death metal and metalcore outfit from Lustenau/Dornbirn, active since 2017. Their releases include the album Proof of Concept and tracks like Ordo ab Chao and Blind Spot, blending aggressive riffing with metalcore breakdowns.
Los Angeles grindcore outfit H.A.R.M. has been blasting through the Southern California underground since 2018, delivering the kind of short, violent bursts that the genre demands. Their name functions as a mission statement.
Thrash Metal outfit rooted in Istanbul, channeling crushing underground intensity since 2018. Pit-starting riffs and furious tempos characterize their thrash approach.
H.EXE is a industrial metal/electronic band from Wrocław, Poland, formed in 2010. They forge a mechanized sound blending industrial textures with metal aggression.
Heavy metal band from Alcorcon, Spain, formed in 2023. Their sound channels the classic traditions of heavy metal from the Madrid metropolitan area.
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