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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Based in South Sweden, this stoner/doom metal project has been a fixture of Sweden's underground since 2015. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2018. Their aggressive thrash channels the high-energy spirit of the genre from the Catalan capital.
Black metal project from southwest Germany, formed in 2024. Their approach channels raw black metal through the atmospheric traditions of the German underground.
Born in the devastating underground of Kerava, this death/thrash metal/hardcore act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2018. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
Hapless Wretch is a blackened death metal band from London, England, formed in 2021. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Frigid Depressive Black Metal from Sarasota, Florida (early); San Antonio, Texas / France (later).
Czech band from Brno formed in 2011, evolving from thrash/death metal origins into progressive rock and metal territory. This dramatic stylistic transformation demonstrates their restless creative ambition and refusal to be confined by genre boundaries.
Depressive black metal project from Bremen, Germany, with origins tracing back to 1983 - making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in the country. Their ironically named project delivers decades of sorrowful, emotionally devastating black metal.
Happy Farm is a death metal/grindcore band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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