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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Thrash/death metal band from Paris, formed in 2019 and channeling chaotic aggression from the French capital. Their chaos theory name reflects the calculated disorder at the heart of their extreme metal.
Avant-garde/experimental black metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau, active since 2009 and pushing black metal into unconventional, boundary-dissolving territory. Their sound challenges genre conventions with abstract compositions and unpredictable structures.
Black metal/dungeon synth project from Cartagena in southeastern Spain, formed in 2021 and combining raw black metal with medieval-influenced electronic atmospheres. Their dual-genre approach bridges extreme metal's aggression with dungeon synth's brooding nostalgia.
Drone/doom/sludge metal outfit from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2006 and drawing comparisons to Corrupted, Khanate, and Burning Witch. Since their formation they have "fervently explored the boundaries of esoteric music, from minimalist noise to live improvisation and psychedelic mantra," channeling aggravated sludge and noise into punishing compositions.
Bolzano-based death metal act, active since 2018 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland, formed in 2018 and blending three styles into a versatile, heavy sound. Their multi-genre approach draws from the full spectrum of Finnish melodic metal.
Progressive metal band from Sotkamo in the Kainuu region, formed in 2019 and named after the Helsinki museum of contemporary art. Their intellectually ambitious sound pushes metal's boundaries from the Finnish wilderness.
Moscow-based project with roots dating to 2011, evolving from RAC/Oi! and black/pagan metal origins into a metalcore direction. Their stylistic shifts reflect a restless creative arc across multiple phases of extreme and aggressive music.
Cape Coral, Florida's Kick Em Ugly fuse death metal ferocity with the swaggering grit of Southern metal, arriving at something mean-spirited and distinctly American. Their music carries a backwoods heaviness that doesn't apologize for itself.
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