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A thunderous black metal entity from Kadıköy, contributing to the turkish underground since 2015. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
Horror Chamber are a death metal band from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, featuring vocalist/bassist Guilherme Lannig, guitarists Felipe Pujol and Fabricio Bertolozi, and drummer Tiago "Thorvald" Von Groll. The band debuted with the EP "The Devil Has No Face" (2009) and have since released three full-length albums: "Eternal Torment" (2016), "Thoughts: The Slow Decay" (2019), and "With Fire, Despair" (2024), the latter released through Rapture Records.
Horror Department is a death metal band from Busto Garolfo (Milan), Italy, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Horror Face are a death metal band from Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2012. They released the EP "Brutal Sodomy" in June 2012, a six-track recording produced at Wolf Studio in Pernambuco, featuring tracks such as "Killer Instinct," "Into the Decomposition," and "Breaking Bones with a Crowbar."
Born in the thunderous underground of Sergiyev Posad, this black/death metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2012. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Horror of Naatu is a death metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
An established death metal voice from Republic of Karelia, contributing to Russia's underground since 2024. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Death metal band from Tyniste nad Orlici, Czech Republic, active since 2011. Their approach to death metal reflects the genre's darkest traditions with relentless heaviness from the Bohemian countryside.
Death metal act from Rennes in Brittany, active since 2009. Their politically charged name adds thematic depth to crushing death metal from France's northwestern underground.
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