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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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When Krell emerged in 2021 from Bologna, they brought with them a sound rooted in heavy metal — all Maiden-esque gallops and Priest-inspired vocal histrionics. They play metal the way it was meant to be: loud, proud, and unfiltered.
Thrash metal band from London, active since 2012 and dealing in the high-speed riffing and relentless aggression that define the genre. Their sound channels the energy of London's thrash underground with raw, unpolished intensity.
Death metal squad from Le Vésinet near Paris, formed in 2016 and dealing in old-school death metal brutality. Their approach channels classic death metal's visceral heaviness without modern polish.
Death/thrash metal band from Fribourg, Switzerland, formed in 2015 and delivering a blistering fusion of death metal's guttural intensity and thrash's relentless speed. Their output represents the francophone Swiss underground's extreme metal contingent.
Helsinki black metal project active since 2015, with a Latinized crematorium name evoking death and fire. Their decade of output channels the ancient Roman aesthetic of cremation through cold Nordic black metal.
Death metal/deathcore band from Biscay in the Basque Country, formed in 2025 and delivering punishing extremity from Spain's industrial north. Their newest-generation status brings fresh brutality to the Basque scene.
Death metal band from Hanover, formed in 2023 and delivering brutal compositions from Lower Saxony's capital. Their sound channels the ferocity of classic death metal with a contemporary edge.
Moscow-based melodic death metal and deathcore act formed in 2021, combining melodic guitar leads with breakdowns and harsh vocals. Their approach bridges the melodic death metal and deathcore worlds within Moscow's active extreme metal community.
Cluj-Napoca's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal, death metal, and melodic death metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
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