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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Death metal band from Birmingham, active since 2012 and operating within the UK's thriving death metal underground. Their sound delivers the relentless aggression and technical proficiency expected from the genre's most dedicated practitioners.
Swedish death metal project active since 2012, contributing to the country's seemingly bottomless well of death metal talent. Their output channels the raw, heavy-guitar-driven Swedish death metal tradition.
Wielding death metal as their weapon, this Swedish outfit from Uppsala has been refining their craft since 2015. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with ferocious dedication.
Aurora, Colorado's Katalysk bring a death/thrash attack marked by intensity and precision, formed in 2019 with a sound that channels the genre's most ferocious traditions without letting up.
Symphonic metal project from Dusseldorf, formed in 2024 and combining orchestral grandeur with heavy metal power. Their compositions pair sweeping arrangements with powerful vocal performances in the symphonic metal tradition.
Kataphero is a melodic death metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, active since 2009, whose sound blends doom and black metal atmospheres with somber, introspective melodies. Their discography spans four albums: Life (2012), From Dust (2015), Veil of Illusions (2022), and From the Science of the Black Earth (2025), showing sustained creative output over more than a decade. The band's current lineup centers on brothers Paulo Henrique Santiago (vocals, guitar) and João Felipe Santiago (bass), alongside guitarist David Cantidio and drummer Rafael Borges.
Death metal band from Mulheim an der Ruhr, active since 2015 and named after the heavily armored Byzantine cavalry. Their punishing sound reflects the industrial weight of the Ruhr Valley's extreme metal scene.
Death metal band from Steinfurt in Westphalia, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of brutal, no-compromise extreme metal. Their long tenure in the German death metal underground marks them as veterans of the scene.
Innsbruck death metal band active since 2008, delivering technically precise brutality influenced by both old-school and modern death metal. Their output reflects the small but dedicated extreme metal underground of the Tyrolean capital.
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