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Out of Hopewell Junction, Leprosy mash crossover thrash's speed and aggression with creeping doom tempos, carving out a peculiar niche in the Hudson Valley underground since 2021.
Leprosy is a thrash/death metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 and revived by its original lineup in 2019 after a 24-year hiatus. Taking influence from bands like Death and Protector, the group recorded new material during the pandemic and released the full-length "Death to This World" in November 2021. The album features tracks such as "Schizophrenia" and "Infernal Massacre" and received positive reception for its dark, aggressive atmosphere.
Finnish death metal/goregrind act from Helsinki, formed in 2024 and channeling visceral extremity. Their sound merges death metal's crushing heaviness with goregrind's graphic intensity.
Swedish experimental doom metal project formed in 2021, pushing doom metal into unconventional territory. Their diseased, fiery name captures the corroding, transformative character of their experimental approach.
Belarusian black metal project from Gomel exploring themes of philosophy, transgression, absurdism, and nihilism since 2016. Their releases, titled in Russian, channel raw black metal aggression through a lens of existential and philosophical darkness.
Leprovore is a death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2022 and signed to Dark Recollections Productions. The band's debut recording "Horrorreahction" was tracked at SD Studio in Salvador and features three tracks including "Epidermal Liquefied Necrosis" and "Epidemic Damnation." Their lyrical themes center on horror, death, blasphemy, and zombie cult.
Lerna is a one-person atmospheric black metal project from the São Paulo area of Brazil, formed in 2019 under the name Cunhambebe. Rooted in antifascist and anarchist politics, the project released "Violência da Miséria" in October 2019 and followed it with the EP "Sede de Sangue" (2021) and the single "Guerra Infinita" (2022). Lerna is associated with Escafismo Records and is considered part of Brazil's politically charged raw black metal underground.
French melodic black metal project from Orleans, formed in 2024. Their name, meaning 'The Bastards of the King,' channels historical rebellion through melodic black metal's aggressive elegance.
Les Mémoires Fall is a doom/gothic metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2011–2012. The band released their debut album "Endless Darkness of Sorrow" in 2014, earning recognition in the Brazilian and South American doom scene, and followed it with the digital EP "Dying Dried" in 2016. In 2021, they participated in the Latin American doom metal split "Legiones del Pantano" alongside bands from Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay.
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