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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Melodic death/thrash metal band from Sahalahti in the Pirkanmaa region, active since 2011 and named after the Soviet collective farm system. Their over-a-decade output channels Eastern Bloc industrial imagery through Finnish melodeath.
Riga, Latvia — crossover thrash and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2023, they deal in D.R.I.-descended riffing built for circle pits and stage dives. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Finnish black metal project active since 2015, with a name meaning "dreary" or "bleak" in Finnish. Their decade of output channels the melancholic desolation of the Finnish psyche through atmospheric black metal.
Sludge/doom metal/metalcore band from Tornio on the Finnish-Swedish border, formed in 2021 and delivering crushing heaviness from the Arctic Circle. Their collapse-themed name matches the weight of their genre-crossing extremity.
On the warpath since 2014, this Linköping Sludge Metal outfit delivers tar-thick riffs and feedback-drenched nihilism. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Heavy metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, active since 2015 and channeling traditional heavy metal energy from the Eastern Mediterranean underground. Their sound draws on classic metal's anthemic power and riff-driven structures.
The Norwegian city of Bodø serves as headquarters for this doom metal and post-metal operation, whose arsenal includes cavernous low-end and hypnotic repetition. Each riff lands like a monolith dropped from orbit.
Death metal band from Bordeaux, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of crushing extremity from southwestern France. Their Greek-derived name meaning "mutilated" signals the violent nature of their death metal.
Kaliningrad's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
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