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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Finnish doom metal/post-punk band from Noormarkku, blending doom's crushing weight with post-punk's angular atmospherics. Their unconventional fusion brings a stark, darkly textured sound to the Finnish underground.
Portuguese death/black metal band from Porto, merging death metal brutality with blackened atmosphere since 2020. Their epidemiological name channels the spreading, infectious character of their extreme metal.
London-based thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band formed in 2018, fusing thrash speed with punk attitude. Their confrontational name signals the aggressive, politically charged energy of their crossover assault.
Swedish thrash/groove metal band from Eskilstuna, combining thrash speed with groove-heavy breakdowns since 2016. Their judicial name signals the authoritative, verdict-delivering character of their metal.
Frankfurt-based heavy metal band formed in 2017, evolving from a cover act into original composers of what they call 'Raw Metal.' Their sound draws from diverse metal styles spanning doom to thrash, unified under their own gritty, unpolished identity.
Los Angeles speed-thrash unit Lawnmower have been dismembering everything in their path since 2010, with a name that perfectly describes what their riffs do to the listener.
Lawnmower Deth is a crossover thrash band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, formed in 1987, whose entire output is built around absurdist humor, nonsensical lyrics, and an unapologetic parody of death metal tropes. Their Earache Records debut Ooh Crikey It's... Lawnmower Deth (1990) and its follow-ups Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns (1992) and Billy (1993) cultivated a cult following before the band dissolved from declining sales. A reunion beginning around 2008 eventually yielded Blunt Cutters (2022), their first new album in nearly three decades.
Texas black metal project Lay Down and Rot embodies their name fully — unornamented, suffocating darkness delivered with the kind of bleak conviction that the lone star state's underground does best.
Louisville's Lay Your Ghost to Rest craft atmospheric black metal that feels shaped by the Ohio River Valley's murky atmosphere — sweeping, melancholic, and haunted since 2023.
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