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Melodic death metal outfit from Strasbourg in Alsace, active since 2013. Their Monegasque-inspired name adds character to compositions blending melodic death metal with the Franco-Germanic musical traditions of the Rhine borderlands.
Huaychivo is a stoner/doom metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, created by musician and designer Marcel Vieira. The project released its debut album "The Five Agreements" in April 2016, a five-track instrumental record featuring heavy downtuned riffage rooted in the stoner and doom metal tradition.
Amarillo, Texas's Hubris have been bringing metalcore's emotional intensity to the Texas Panhandle since 2015, where the flat horizon and punishing wind seem to breed a certain grim determination. Melodic but never soft.
Buffalo, New York's Hubris channel a different kind of pride — the black metal variety — since 2015, operating with the bleak ferocity that the industrial ruins of western New York seem to inspire. Cold and unrelenting.
Melodic black/death metal band from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium, formed in 2024. Their debut album Into The Abyss delivers eight tracks spanning nearly forty minutes of extreme metal that weaves between black, death, and thrash metal intensity.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2023. Their sound channels cold Scandinavian black metal traditions with a fresh, modern intensity from the Danish capital.
Raw black/folk metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2025. Their name meaning 'Black Host,' they blend raw black metal aggression with folk elements from the Catalan underground.
Huge CCM is a groove metal/deathcore band from Pszczyna, Poland, active since 2006 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Austrian grindcore and powerviolence band from Graz, formed in 2017, with a tongue-in-cheek name that belies their crushing sound. Their releases including Diese ewige Instandhaltung kotzt mich an deliver short, sharp bursts of extreme aggression with German-language fury.
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