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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Humanize is a death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2019 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Heavy metal band from Schorndorf, Germany, formed in 2018. Their powerful sound channels classic heavy metal traditions from the Rems valley in Baden-Wurttemberg.
HumanMeatGrinder was a one-man goregrind and crossover project from Barretos, São Paulo, formed in 2021 by Rafael Douglas. The project blended death metal and grindcore with politically and socially charged Portuguese-language lyrics, debuting with the EP Matadouro (December 2021), recorded at home with limited resources. A second release, Instrumento, followed before the project dissolved.
Technical death metal act from Genk, Belgium, formed in 2020. Their intricate, technically demanding approach pushes death metal into complex territory with precision playing and labyrinthine compositions.
Humanoise is a death metal/grindcore band from Esztergom, Hungary, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Metal band from Manresa, Spain, with releases including the 2014 EP "Solitude" and the single "Gloom of the Sight." Their darkly themed catalog explores introspective territory through progressive and death metal influences.
Forged in Espoo's metal community, this progressive/symphonic metal act channels furious aggression since 2015. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal outfit rooted in Kadıköy, channeling volatile underground intensity since 2014. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Deathcore act from the Mediterranean city of Alicante, active since 2022. Their visceral sound channels modern extreme metal from Spain's sun-drenched Valencian coast.
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