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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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French brutal death metal band from Dole, delivering punishing extremity since 2008. Their nearly two decades of commitment to brutal death metal mark them as veterans of the French underground.
Lycanthropy was a death/thrash metal band from Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from the late 2000s. They released a debut demo in January 2009 and earned an honorable mention at the 2008 FECAP Pontal Song Festival with their track "Run While You Can," performing at shows across multiple Brazilian cities before splitting up.
German black metal project from Schriesheim, active since 2018 and channeling lycanthropic themes through raw intensity. Their sound draws from the primal, predatory side of black metal's atmospheric traditions.
German melodic black metal act from Hesse, formed in 2018 and blending harmonic richness with black metal's aggressive framework. Their approach layers melodic guitar lines over the genre's characteristic ferocity.
Hayward's Lychdom craft melodic death metal anchored in traditional heavy metal songcraft, keeping hooks within reach even as the tempos accelerate and the riffs grow more complex. Active since 2016, they're one of the Bay Area underground's better-kept secrets.
London-based avant-garde black/doom metal band active since 2013, self-described as 'Metal's soundtrack to dystopia' on Debemur Morti Productions. Their five-album catalog from 'Lychgate' through 'Precipice' pushes black and doom metal into cerebral, experimental territory.
British symphonic death metal band from England, formed in 2021 and layering orchestral grandeur over death metal brutality. Their approach merges sweeping symphonic arrangements with aggressive extremity.
London-based black metal/ambient project formed in 2022, blending atmospheric darkness with meditative ambient passages. Their Swedish-inspired name, referencing desire, adds a Nordic dimension to their British black metal.
Pittsburgh's Lycosa have been building their venomous hybrid of sludge, thrash, and death metal since 2012, channeling the city's industrial grit into something punishing and groove-locked. Few bands make filth sound this methodical.
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