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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Death metal outfit from Fürstenfeld, Austria, active since 2014. Their brutal approach to the genre draws on old-school European death metal traditions, delivering punishing riffs and guttural vocals from the Styrian underground.
Human Plague is a death metal band from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed around 2013. The band released their debut recording Marching Through the Fields of Desolation in December 2013, followed by the full-length Black Death, and the compilation Harvest of Hate in November 2019, which compiled material recorded between 2014 and 2019.
Brutal death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2013. Their merciless approach to death metal channels the most punishing traditions of the genre from the Saxon cultural capital.
Furious black metal project from Komen, carving a path through Slovenia's underground since 2014. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Human Race is a melodic power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2010 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Death metal band from Trier, Germany, active since 1996. With nearly three decades of experience, they are among the most seasoned death metal acts in the Rhineland-Palatinate scene.
Human Ruin is a groove metal/metalcore band from Tres Cantos, Spain, formed in 2013. They blend groove metal's rhythmic power with metalcore's aggressive dynamics.
Human Sacrifice is a melodic death metal band from Mula, Spain, active since 2014 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Hailing from Järvenpää in Finland, this melodic death/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2017. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
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