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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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Brutal death metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their merciless sound delivers the most punishing end of death metal from Germany's westernmost major city.
Melodic death metal act from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2016. Their cerebral name matches intricate compositions that blend Scandinavian melodic death metal traditions with technical precision.
Human Worms is a brutal death metal/hardcore band from Clermont-Ferrand, France, formed in 2018. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Melodic heavy metal/hard rock band from Balingen, Germany, formed in 2019. Their accessible, riff-driven sound blends melodic heavy metal hooks with hard rock energy from the Swabian Alb.
Humanal is a progressive groove metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2016, featuring vocalist Tati Klingel alongside guitarists André Lazzaretti and Rafael Barcellos, bassist Mauricio Escher, and drummer André Preto. Their debut full-length album Delirium, released in August 2025, spans ten tracks addressing themes of mental health, addiction, oppression, and technology, with Klingel also serving as the album's producer.
Rising from Santo Tirso in Portugal, this black/death metal (early); black metal (later) outfit harnesses blistering power since 2000. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Metalcore/death/thrash metal band from Schmalkalden, Germany, formed in 2020. Their genre-spanning approach merges metalcore breakdowns with death and thrash metal aggression from the Thuringian Forest.
Humanfly is a atmospheric sludge metal (early); progressive rock (later) band from Leeds, England, formed in 2003. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Humangled is a death metal band from Pontedera (Pisa), Italy, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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