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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Helsinki black metal project formed in 2021, with a Finnish name meaning "cursed." Their urban black metal channels the capital's darker undercurrents through cold, aggressive compositions.
Raw black metal project from Finland, formed in 2021 with a Finnish name meaning "cursed voice." Their lo-fi approach strips black metal to its most skeletal, harrowing essence.
A product of Ukraine's battle-tested metal underground, this Lysychansk-based crust punk and grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 2010, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Raw atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Laihia in Ostrobothnia, formed in 2022. Their Finnish name meaning "coffin" sets the funereal tone for their blend of raw atmospherics and ambient passages.
Death metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2021 with a Finnish name meaning "chest" or "coffin." Their sepulchral name captures the burial-ground atmosphere of their northern Finnish death metal.
Heavy metal band from Paltamo in the Kainuu region of northeastern Finland, formed in 2017. Their Finnish name meaning "axe" reflects the sharp, cutting edge of their traditional metal from the remote Finnish interior.
Death metal band from Grenoble in the French Alps, formed in 2021 and channeling brutal extremity from the mountain city. Their Mayan death-god name adds ancient Mesoamerican mythology to their Alpine death metal.
Kissin' Dynamite is a German heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Baden-Württemberg, originally a school band that named themselves after an AC/DC song. They debuted with Steel of Swabia (2008) and released a steady run of albums — including Addicted to Metal, Money Sex and Power (2012), and Megalomania (2014) — built around anthemic songwriting rooted in classic hard rock and melodic metal. The band has remained consistently active through the mid-2020s, releasing Generation Goodbye (2016) and several subsequent records.
Doom and sludge metal band from the Styrian town of Weiz, formed in 2022 and delivering crushing, slow-burning heaviness. Their sound wallows in oppressive low-end weight and suffocating atmospheres.
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