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State Of Unrest (2023)
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When Kohorta emerged in 2012 from Dobre Miasto, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and deathcore — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
When Kohr emerged in 2012 out of Russia, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Finnish black metal project formed in 2017, with a name meaning "stillbirth" in Finnish. Their morbid theme channels visceral darkness through raw, uncompromising black metal.
Progressive death metal band from Dillenburg in Hesse, formed in 2016 and exploring intricate, technically demanding compositions. Their approach blends death metal's heaviness with progressive music's structural ambition.
Devotees of black metal, this Polish outfit from Szczecinek has been refining their craft since 2022. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with absolute focus.
Death/doom metal band with folk influences from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2023. Their sound merges death/doom's crushing weight with folk elements, drawing on Russian folk traditions.
The Turkish city of Antalya serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Pushing the boundaries of death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore, this Polish outfit from Warsaw has been refining their craft since 2016. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with unshakable resolve.
Pushing the boundaries of symphonic metal, this Russian outfit from Kursk has been refining their craft since 2012. Their sound hinges on bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight, delivered with punishing consistency.
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