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London metalcore band active since 2012, operating within the city's vibrant heavy music scene. Their sound channels metalcore's blend of hardcore intensity and metal technicality into aggressive, tightly constructed songs.
Kill Hill is a power/thrash metal band from the Quilmes area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who released their self-titled debut album in 2018, recorded and mixed by Ivan Iñiguez at Absolute Studios in Berazategui. Their second full-length, Tetrinencia, followed in December 2022 — recorded at De La Wave Studios between 2021 and 2022 — and was dedicated to the memory of guitarist David Gómez.
Heavy Thrash / Death Metal / Metalcore from Lubbock.
Heavy metal band from Manchester, active since 2014 and rooted in the traditional heavy metal sound that has long thrived in the UK. Their approach channels classic riff-driven metal with an emphasis on melody and power.
Death/thrash/groove metal band from Bochum in the Ruhr area, formed in 2017 and fusing three aggressive metal styles into a hard-hitting blend. Their versatile approach draws from the industrial grit of western Germany's most densely populated region.
Six-member deathcore and death metal unit from Villach formed in 2010, painting "a dark picture of the world" through their music. Their 2016 album Aeon of Damnation layers symphonic elements over brutal breakdowns and blast beats.
Raw black metal project from Spain, active since 2007 and delivering nearly two decades of blasphemous, lo-fi extremity. Their confrontational name matches the uncompromising savagery of their raw black metal.
Ferocious Dallas grindcore on Relapse Records. Members also in PLF and Noisear.
Neapolitan sludge/doom metal trio active since 2006, inspired by the philosophical concept of primordial restoration, drawing from Black Sabbath and Kyuss. Their debut Apokatastasis, released on Trips und Traume Records, features eight tracks of desert-tinged doom and sludge recorded at Bande Rumorose Studio in Naples.
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