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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, formed in 2025 and delivering oppressive, low-frequency heaviness from the German capital. Their nascent output channels the crushing weight of modern sludge through Berlin's industrial aesthetic.
When Karbo emerged in 2015 from Groningen, they brought with them a sound rooted in groove metal — all thick, muscular guitar tone married to body-moving rhythms. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Heavy and groove metal outfit from Tyn nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic, delivering chunky, rhythmically driven compositions with a modern metal punch. Their groove-first approach prioritizes head-nodding heaviness over sheer speed.
Portuguese band from Sintra that evolved from gothic metal origins in 2014 into a death metal-focused sound. Their stylistic evolution reflects a deepening commitment to extreme metal's most intense expressions.
Doom/death/black metal band from Lyon with remarkably early origins dating to 1968, making them one of the oldest extreme metal acts in France if not Europe. Their multi-genre approach merges three dark metal styles into a uniquely weighty sound.
Progressive power/thrash metal band from Southend-on-Sea, England, active since 2008 and blending the technical ambition of progressive metal with power metal's melodic sweep and thrash's aggressive edge. Their sound navigates complex arrangements while maintaining the driving momentum of classic thrash.
Firmly rooted in death metal, this Polish actfrom Płock/Plońsk delivers technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality without compromise. They've been at it since 2014, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Yaroslavl's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal, death metal, and gothic metal unit is among them — wielding lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Raw black metal from the small Hudson Valley city of Port Jervis, New York, Karcinosin have been cultivating a corrosive, stripped-down approach to the genre since 2020. Their music carries the cold isolation of rural upstate New York in every crumbling, lo-fi riff.
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