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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Polish black metal act, active since 2021 delivering second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Rooted in the country that produced Behemoth and Vader, their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Drone/doom metal project from Lower Saxony, formed in 2023 and exploring the most meditative, hypnotic reaches of extreme heaviness. Their cosmic-named project delivers vast, slow-moving compositions that hover between drone and doom.
Norway — death metal and doom metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2024, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Stoner/doom metal band from Leeds, formed in 2025 and channeling the cosmic themes suggested by their name into heavy, fuzz-laden doom. Their sound blends stoner metal's psychedelic haze with doom's crushing weight.
Folk/melodic death metal band from Athens, formed in 2020 and weaving folk music elements into a melodic death metal framework. Their name, meaning "birth of the cosmos," points to a sound that blends mythological themes with the melodic intensity of extreme metal.
Progressive death metal project from Agno in Switzerland's Ticino region, formed in 2022 and exploring the technical and compositional possibilities of death metal. Their sound fuses intricate progressive structures with brutal death metal foundations.
Formed in 2018, this Oslo Doom Metal and Sludge Metal outfit delivers tar-thick riffs and feedback-drenched nihilism. Their place within the frozen north that birthed an entire genre speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Warsaw's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Avant-garde black metal project from Finland, formed in 2024 with a Finnish name meaning "cosmic goat." Their experimental approach pushes black metal into surreal, unconventional territory with a distinctly absurdist edge.
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