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Finnish doom/death metal band from Lahti, merging doom's crushing pace with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound channels the genre's signature slow-burning heaviness through Finland's storied extreme metal tradition.
Lamentos is a melodic doom/death metal duo from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, comprising John Silva (all instruments, mixing, and mastering) and Paulo Brasil (vocals), whose Portuguese-language lyrics explore anguish, hopelessness, and existential reflection. The band released their debut full-length O Livro Proibido on June 17, 2023, through Abismo Metal Store, Sangue Underground Records, and Black Moon Records, with a physical edition limited to 200 copies.
Spanish gothic/melodic death metal band from Reus, Catalonia, balancing power and aggression with melodic passages since the late 1990s. Their album 'System Failure' features groove metal and metalcore influences across eleven tracks of energetic, heavy compositions.
Bosnian black metal project emerging in 2018, conjuring evil atmosphere through dungeon synth-tinged ambient black metal performed entirely with real instruments. Their prolific output spans numerous releases of dark, ritualistic aggression.
Groove/thrash metal band from Mannheim, Germany, merging heavy groove-laden riffs with thrash aggression since 2016. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection of rhythmic groove metal and rapid-fire thrash.
Dutch symphonic heavy metal band from Velp, layering orchestral arrangements over classic heavy metal since 2013. Named after the mythological child-devouring demon, their sound blends beauty with menace.
Lammashta is a death/black metal band from Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, active since the early 2000s on the Sociedade dos Mortos label. The band cites influences including Immolation, Grave Miasma, and Deicide, and released the full-length "The Pandemonium Begins Here" in 2017 followed by "Anonymous: The Curse of Lammashta" in 2018. Both albums were recorded at DBS Sound Studio in Maceió and showcase the band's blasting, war-metal-adjacent approach to the genre.
Asheville, North Carolina's Lammoth draw on Tolkien mythology for their name and channel it through melodic black metal rich with atmosphere and mountainous grandeur. Formed in 2021, they fit naturally into the Appalachian city's thriving underground.
Spanish progressive metal act from the Basque Country, formed in 2020 and crafting intricate, technically ambitious compositions. Their sound channels progressive complexity through a modern metal framework.
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