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AntiFragile (2025)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Melodic death metal band from Wesel, Germany, whose 2026 return album Erde 666 marks a decade-long evolution from symphonic black metal roots into doom and sludge territory. Their five extended compositions feature intricate arrangements with playful keyboard elements and handcrafted limited-edition physical releases.
Kadavro is a death/thrash metal band from Neuquén, Argentina, whose members perform under pseudonyms El Cadaver, G.G, Machacador, and Weedfinder. They released two records in 2021 — Evil Entities from the Hidden Past through Evil Damnations Records, and Paladar Negro — before following up with Procession of Evil in 2024.
One-person blackened doom metal project from Skegness, UK, launched in 2021 with the album Ascension on Narcoleptica Productions. The three tracks on Ascension stretch past twelve minutes each, delivering crushing, glacially paced blackened doom where all composition, instruments, vocals, and production are handled solo.
Melodic death metal from Independence, Missouri, Kadens have honed a sound that balances hook-driven melody with genuine aggression since 2012. The band bridges the Gothenburg tradition with the harder-edged sensibility of American metal.
Ambient black/funeral doom metal project from Finland, formed in 2016 with a name meaning "lost" in Finnish. Their sound merges ambient black metal's atmospheric expansiveness with funeral doom's glacial heaviness.
Atmospheric black metal project from Tampere, formed in 2018 with a Finnish name meaning "gate of perdition." Their compositions build dark, immersive atmospheres through the lens of Finnish black metal tradition.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this black metal act from Netherlands traffics in icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Since 2016, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
Symphonic power metal band from Seville, formed in 2025 and combining orchestral grandeur with power metal's soaring melodies. Their Andalusian origins bring a southern European warmth to the typically northern European genre.
Brutal death metal band from Paris, formed in 2022 and delivering punishing extremity from the French capital. Their morphology-referencing name suggests transformation and mutation at the core of their brutal sound.
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