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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Proof that the underground never sleeps, this death metal and grindcore act from Kristinehamn traffics in microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Since 2011, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Cornwall, England, active since 2011 with releases including False Idols and Pyrite Thrones and Back to the Blind. Their sound merges the rhythmic crunch of groove metal with metalcore's dynamic shifts and breakdowns.
Progressive metalcore band from Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Bavaria, named after the infamous unsolved 1922 murders at a Bavarian farmstead. Formed in 2019, their technically ambitious compositions layer progressive complexity over metalcore's dynamic intensity.
Doom/stoner metal band from Jyvaskyla in central Finland, formed in 2022 and delivering crushing, fuzz-drenched heaviness from the Finnish lake district. Their Finnish name meaning "longing" or "nostalgia" captures the melancholic weight of their doom.
Melodic death metal/hardcore band from Kajaani in northeastern Finland, active since 2012 and delivering over a decade of aggressive, melodically driven compositions. Their Finnish name meaning "longing" or "yearning" adds emotional depth to their hardcore-tinged melodeath.
Stoner metal/rock band from Kotka on Finland's southern coast, active since 2015 and delivering fuzz-laden grooves from the Gulf of Finland. Their Maori-derived name meaning "glutton" adds an exotic dimension to their Nordic stoner metal.
Finnish melodic black/heavy metal project formed in 2023, with a name meaning "almighty" in Finnish. Their sound blends black metal's darkness with heavy metal's melodic hooks, channeling the Finnish tradition of genre-defying extremity.
Rising from Soriano nel Cimino (Viterbo)'s metal underground, this Italian act forges Avant-garde Metal and Black Metal built on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Lipetsk-based post-metal and sludge metal act, active since 2012 delivering glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
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