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People Watching (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Among the Shadows (2024)
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An established progressive metalcore voice from Turku, contributing to Finland's underground since 2001. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Death metal and grindcore act from the Nancy-Épinal corridor in Lorraine, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of grinding assault from eastern France have cemented their place in the regional underground.
Thrash Metal/Metalcore outfit rooted in Rouen, channeling fierce underground intensity since 2013. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
An uncompromising black metal project from Kemi, active since 2026. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Gothic/melodic death metal band from Menden, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of combining gothic atmosphere with melodic death metal aggression have made them a distinctive voice in the Sauerland metal scene.
Raw black metal project from Noyers-Missy in rural France, active since 2015. Their demonic name channels dark spirituality into harsh, unpolished black metal from the Burgundian countryside.
Burlington, North Carolina's Hermaeus Mora began as an atmospheric black and death metal act in 2015 before evolving toward metalcore, always guided by a cinematic heaviness and an appetite for transformation. Named for the Daedric Prince of forbidden knowledge, they've pursued their own sonic secrets across several years of restless genre movement.
Based in Helsinki, this heavy metal project has been a fixture of Finland's underground since 2015. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Black metal/crust punk band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2017. Their raw fusion of blackened atmosphere and crust punk D-beats brings an anarchic energy to the Berlin underground.
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