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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Emerging from Östersund, this Swedish act forges Black Metal and Folk Metal built on celebratory drinking-song energy fused with genuine heaviness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Melodic doom/death metal band from Hamina, active since 2012 with a name meaning "beautiful immortal" in Finnish. Their unique, recognizable sound expands doom metal's stereotypes by blending beautiful melancholic soundscapes with extreme-driven energy and energetic screams.
DeLand, Florida's Kaupe approach progressive metal with a thoughtful, exploratory sensibility, weaving complex structures and dynamic shifts into music that rewards patient listening since their 2018 founding.
Kausa y Efecto is a thrash/crossover band from Viña del Mar, Chile, playing in the tradition of the Valparaíso-region extreme metal scene. They released the album Estado de Control and have performed alongside acts such as Torturer, Acrostic, and Metastasis at Chilean metal festivals including Bay Area Assault.
Atmospheric/melodic black metal project from Vantaa near Helsinki, active since 2012 and building immersive, melodically rich compositions. Their medical-term name (causalgia, a burning pain condition) captures the searing beauty of their atmospheric black metal.
Death metal/metalcore band from Paris, active since 2013 and blending death metal's brutality with metalcore's dynamics. Their confrontational, conflict-driven name matches the combative energy of their genre-crossing sound.
Firmly rooted in black metal, this Russian actfrom Saint Petersburg delivers dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice without compromise. They've been at it since 2021, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Kaustik is a stoner metal band from Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, with a history tracing back to 2000. The band released their album Hard Drugs in 2009 as an independent release, drawing on heavy riff-driven stoner rock and metal aesthetics. Their lineup has included Mark Nomad on vocals and guitar, Dirty Robbi on bass, and Richard Badguy on drums.
Black/death metal band from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in the Barcelona metropolitan area, active since 2015 and delivering dark, cauterizing extremity. Their surgical-themed name matches the precise, searing intensity of their sound.
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