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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Death/groove metal band from Weissenfels, Germany, formed in 2026. The newest death-groove act in the Saxon-Anhalt underground, they bring fresh brutality and rhythmic heaviness to the scene.
Death metal outfit from the southeastern Finnish town of Hamina near the Russian border, active since 2015. Their Finnish-language name adds local character to old-school death metal from the borderlands.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina project Horseback is the primary creative vehicle of multi-instrumentalist Jenks Miller, who has released more than a dozen recordings since 2007 fusing drone metal, black metal, American roots music, and psychedelic noise into a consistently singular body of work. The Invisible Mountain (2009) and Half Blood (2012) are among the more widely recognized releases in a catalog that has appeared on Relapse, Hydra Head, and Three Lobed Records. Miller's willingness to draw equally from Neil Young's Crazy Horse and the work of Sunn O))) makes Horseback a difficult project to categorize but an easy one to recognize.
Hortus Animae is a progressive black metal project from Rimini, Italy, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Stoner/sludge metal band from the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2020. Their thick, fuzz-laden sound channels the heavy grooves of stoner sludge from the green hills of Euskal Herria.
London-based grindcore act active since 2016. Their melancholic name contrasts with the blistering intensity of their grinding assault from the British capital's extreme underground.
Horyn is a atmospheric black metal band from Slavuta, Ukraine, formed in 2025. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Horytnica is a heavy metal/rac band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2015 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Stoner/doom/sludge metal band from Hondarribia, Spain, formed in 2018. Their crushingly heavy blend of stoner, doom, and sludge emerges from the picturesque Basque-French border town.
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