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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Danish death metal act from Copenhagen, delivering brutal extremity since 2016. Their sound channels the genre's relentless aggression through the lens of the Copenhagen underground.
Black metal project from Limassol, Cyprus, emerging in 2020 to represent the island's small but fierce underground scene. Their sound channels traditional black metal aggression through a Mediterranean lens.
German black/folk metal and rock project from Illingen, formed in 2024 and blending folk traditions with blackened aggression. Their approach bridges the gap between traditional folk melodies and the intensity of black metal.
Polish death/black metal band from Wroclaw, active since 2010 and named after a Slavic historical reference. Their sound merges death metal's brutality with black metal's atmospheric menace from Lower Silesia.
London-based sludge/stoner/doom metal band formed in 2025, delivering triple-threat heaviness. Their sound merges sludge metal's abrasiveness, stoner rock's hazy grooves, and doom's crushing weight.
Dutch death metal/grindcore band from Rotterdam, delivering savage extremity since 2008. Their surgical name signals the precise, cutting aggression of their deathgrind assault.
French atmospheric black metal band from Paris, crafting immersive, layered soundscapes since 2018. Their name, meaning 'limbo,' captures the suspended, between-worlds atmosphere of their compositions.
Finnish slam/brutal death metal act from Salo, delivering punishing slams and crushing brutality. Their sound channels the genre's most visceral elements through relentless rhythmic heaviness.
Belgian death/thrash/groove metal band from Meeuwen/Bocholt, forging a triple-threat assault of styles since 2017. Their sound draws from the aggressive intersection of death metal intensity, thrash velocity, and groove-heavy breakdowns.
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