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Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2020, based in Parma, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.
Self-described "funeral mountain doom wizards" from Nuremberg, formed in 2021 and crafting monolithic doom with a distinctly Alpine-inspired heaviness. Their releases including the album I deliver crushing, glacier-paced riffs with a German-language mystical edge.
Post-black metal and blackened crust quartet from Wurzburg, active since 2012 and blending dark hardcore, neo-crust, and post-metal into explosive compositions. Their 2015 demo was described by fans as "like a shot in the head" for its raw intensity.
Symphonic black/death metal project from Finland, active since 2013 and layering orchestral grandeur over extreme metal foundations. Their name referencing the ancient Egyptian underworld adds a mythological dimension to their symphonic extremity.
Death metal band from London, active since 2012 and operating within the UK's vibrant extreme metal underground. Their sound delivers punishing death metal with the intensity and aggression expected from the genre's most committed practitioners.
Kyiv-based thrash metal act, active since 2021 delivering Bay Area velocity married to Teutonic heaviness. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most resilient metal scenes, circle-pit fuel delivered with workmanlike consistency.
Ukrainian black metal and melodic black metal act, active since 2021 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most resilient metal scenes, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Karadima is a grindcore/death metal band from the Valparaíso region of Chile, whose name references Fernando Karadima, the Chilean Catholic priest found guilty by the Vatican in 2011 of sexually abusing minors — a deliberate act of social provocation consistent with grindcore's tradition of confrontational naming. The band released their debut full-length Desde hoy seré tu dios in 2018, followed by the nano-EP Torcido and the album Mansión Guarén, both in 2020, all produced through Calaka Records.
Heavy/thrash metal band with punk and rock influences from Ankara, Turkey, active since 2016. Their name, meaning 'black cat' in Turkish, signals the feral energy of their crossover approach.
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