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Lamúria Abissal is a depressive black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2012 by Iuri Calado (vocals/lyrics, known as Thy Despair) and Caio Ramon (all instruments, known as Pale). Notably, the band writes and performs entirely in Portuguese, a distinctive trait within the Brazilian DSBM underground. Their discography includes the 2016 EP "Passagem para o Além Abismo" and the 2017 full-length "Eterno Outono da Alma," released through Sinistrion Distro.
Serbian melodic death/black metal band from Pristina, Kosovo, merging melodic hooks with blackened intensity since 2016. Named after the Genesis song, their sound bridges melodic sophistication with extreme metal aggression.
Italian heavy metal band from Pompei near Naples, forging classic heavy metal since 2020. Their Campanian roots bring volcanic intensity to traditional heavy metal's powerful formula.
Ukrainian funeral doom metal band from Rivne, crafting glacially-paced compositions of devastating weight since 2012. Their evocative name captures the utopian longing within their crushingly heavy funeral doom.
Italian thrash/death metal band from Catanzaro in Calabria, merging thrash speed with death metal brutality since 2018. Their name captures the hateful, scorched-earth character of their extreme metal.
Land of Lemuria is a symphonic gothic metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2018. The band released the three-track EP "Anathema" in 2018, featuring songs including "White Roses" and "The Days Seems Grays." Their music blends orchestral arrangements with gothic metal songwriting rooted in the northeastern Brazilian metal underground.
Land of Tears is an old-school death metal band from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with roots tracing back to 2000. Drawing on influences such as Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Dismember, the band released their debut album "The Ancient Ages of Mankind" in 2014, which led to a European tour through Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Poland. The band returned in 2022 with a reformed lineup after a break in activity beginning in 2018.
Lima, Ohio's Landfill keep grindcore down and dirty in a small city with no reason to be polished, delivering short blasts of noise and fury since 2016. Their name and their music are both exactly what they advertise.
Norman, Oklahoma's Landfill arrive from the university town's underground with a punishing mix of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore that wastes nothing and spares no one. Active since 2016, they pile genre on genre until something gives.
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