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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Lakeville, Minnesota's Legal Murder have been combining melodic death metal's sweep-picked drama with thrash aggression and metalcore grit since 2017. They write hooks that cut even as the tempos climb.
Los Angeles melodic thrash outfit Legal Tender arrived in 2026 with the city's sun-baked confidence wrapped around sharp, hook-driven riffs. They make thrash metal that earns its melodies rather than just appending them.
Brooklyn's Legend have been hauling classic heavy metal into the present tense since 2012, favoring doomier tempos and a shadowy atmosphere that suits their borough's industrial corners. Riff-centered and uncommonly patient, they play metal like it was meant to last.
Swedish symphonic metal band from Umea, formed in 2022 and crafting fantasy-themed orchestral metal. Their Tolkien-esque name signals the epic, imaginative world-building in their symphonic compositions.
Swedish thrash metal band from Sandviken, active since 1991 and spanning over three decades of thrash commitment. Their longevity marks them as one of the veteran thrash acts in this catalog.
Legio Inferi is a depressive occult black metal band from Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil, crafting rustic black metal with melancholic passages and dissonant harmonies centered on themes of anti-life, death, and the occult. The band released the full-length Tragédias do Infinito Nascer in 2014 and the EP The Black Host through Plague Demon Records, as well as a split with Namtaru titled That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie in 2021.
Swedish death metal band from Vaxjo, newly formed in 2025. Their Latin military name, meaning 'hidden legion,' channels secretive, subterranean death metal aggression.
Legion is a thrash metal band from La Plata, Argentina, whose lineup includes Nicolas Liendo on guitar and vocals, Rafael Garritano on guitar, Sergio Carrizo on drums, and John Williams on bass. Their debut album "Gran Mal" was recorded and mixed at Dormir Sucio studio in Berisso during 2016 and released in 2017. The band draws on the tradition of Argentine thrash acts such as Hermética and Horcas.
Greek act from Athens that evolved from grindcore/death metal origins in 2013 into black metal territory. Their genre transformation traces a path from grinding extremity to atmospheric blackened darkness.
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