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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Death/thrash metal band from Paris, active since 2015 and delivering a decade of aggressive compositions from the French capital. Their demon-prince name adds infernal gravitas to their extreme metal.
Groove/death metal band from Dundee, Scotland, active since 2015 and named after the infamous Star Trek no-win scenario. Their sound merges death metal's extremity with groove metal's rhythmic crunch.
Thrash/death metal band from Munster in Westphalia, active since 2015 and delivering fast, riff-driven aggression from one of northwestern Germany's largest cities. Their decade of output channels the region's extreme metal energy.
Black metal project from Yorkshire, active since 2012 and rooted in the atmospheric and aggressive traditions of the genre. Their sound channels the dark intensity of the Yorkshire moors into corrosive black metal.
When Kobra emerged in 2009 from Bratislava, they brought with them a sound rooted in heavy metal — all NWOBHM-rooted riffing with timeless melodic hooks. Twin-guitar interplay and vocal power form the backbone of their sound.
Kobra and the Lotus is a Calgary, Alberta heavy metal band formed in 2009 around the commanding voice of vocalist and songwriter Kobra Paige, whose range and stage presence drew early comparisons to power metal singers across Europe. After independently releasing Out of the Pit (2010), the band caught the attention of Gene Simmons, who facilitated a deal with Universal Music Group and Spinefarm Records for their self-titled 2012 album, followed by tours supporting Judas Priest and Slash. The band continued releasing albums through Evolution (2019, Napalm Records), consistently developing a tighter melodic metal sound.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal and death metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2016, based in Kaliningrad, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Kocytus is a progressive death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name is drawn from Dante's Divine Comedy — specifically the frozen ninth circle of Hell. The band released their self-titled debut full-length on October 31, 2024, a 59-minute independent record featuring nine tracks that blend technical death metal with progressive structures. The album's thematic scope spans cosmic horror, heresy, and Dantean imagery.
The Russian city of Liski serves as headquarters for this heavy metal operation, whose arsenal includes classic metal thunder with a modern edge. The production keeps things raw and honest — no frills, all metal.
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