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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Linköping, Sweden — black metal and pagan metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2014, they deal in ancestral invocations amplified through black metal's sonic template. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Oxnard, California's Kermz specialize in the most physically punishing end of the death metal spectrum — slam-heavy and brutal, with song structures built to maximize impact and bodily devastation since 2014.
Kern Energie was a thrash metal band from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, formed in 2011 and split up by the time of their later releases. They released the EP Giant Impact in 2022 along with accompanying singles.
Heavy/power metal band from Elassona in Thessaly, active since 2008 and delivering the melodic power and driving riffs that define the traditional power metal sound. Their approach blends heavy metal's classic energy with power metal's soaring ambition.
Heavy metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, formed in 2022 and delivering nuclear-powered traditional metal from Spain's industrial north. Their compound name suggests the hellish intensity of their heavy riffing.
Kernunna is a Celtic folk metal band from Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed by members of Tuatha de Danann and guitarist Khadhu Capanema of Cartoon. The band blends progressive rock textures with folk metal, featuring instruments including uilleann pipes, tin whistle, violin, and bouzouki. Their debut album The Seim Anew (2013) spans nine tracks and showcases the project's fusion of Celtic and Brazilian musical sensibilities.
Lecce's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Part of Romania's darkly romantic metal heritage, this act channels groove metal and thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2021, based in Bucharest, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Thrash metal band from Bonn, formed in 2025 and representing the newest wave of German thrash from the former federal capital. Their high-octane approach continues the proud tradition of Teutonic thrash.
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