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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Formed in 2016, this Notodden Thrash Metal outfit delivers breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Their place within the frozen north that birthed an entire genre speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Groove metal band from Swansea, Wales, formed in 2025 and delivering heavy, rhythmically driven metal built on chunky riffs and aggressive energy. Their sound carries the pit-ready intensity and head-nodding power of groove metal at its most visceral.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Reading, England, with roots stretching back to 1998, making them one of the longer-running acts in the UK's melodic extreme metal scene. Their sound bridges the Gothenburg melodic death metal tradition with metalcore's dynamic song structures.
Self-described 'bloody raw and melodic heavy metal/hard rock act straight from the heart of nowhere,' Kill City Kills hail from Saint Petersburg and have been active since 2018. Their discography includes Badlands I, Children of the Dark, and Escape into the Night, combining raw heavy metal aggression with melodic hard rock hooks.
Tempe's Kill Command have been grinding out death-thrash since 2017, pairing mechanized riff construction with the relentless momentum of Arizona's desert-hardened metal scene. Tight, punishing, and built to destroy live.
Metalcore band from Stevenage in Hertfordshire, active since 2014 and delivering the genre's signature blend of hardcore aggression and metal precision. Their sound features the dynamic shifts between heavy breakdowns and melodic passages that define modern metalcore.
Kill Devil Hill is an American heavy metal supergroup assembled in 2011, anchored by Pantera bassist Rex Brown and Black Sabbath/Dio drummer Vinny Appice alongside vocalist Dewey Bragg and guitarist Mark Zavon. The band released a self-titled debut in 2012 and Revolution Rise in 2013, drawing on a classic heavy rock template shaped by the members' histories in foundational metal bands. Subsequent lineup changes — including the departure of Appice and later Brown — continued through the band's third album Seas of Oblivion in 2023.
A product of the Netherlands' punishingly heavy metal scene, this Limburg-based death metal and thrash metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2022, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Brutal death metal featuring founding members of Devourment, including vocalist Mike Majewski and guitarist Brian Wynn. Signed to Comatose Music.
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