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Swedish progressive/stoner metal band from Umea, active since 2005 and blending technical ambition with stoner groove for two decades. Their approach channels prog complexity through the hazy lens of stoner metal.
Devastating Technical / Brutal Death Metal from Texas (early); Albuquerque, New Mexico (later).
Greek thrash metal band from Athens, delivering classic thrash aggression since 2013. Their medical name, referencing the shattering of stones, captures the crushing impact of their thrash.
British melodic death/thrash metal band from Brighton, blending harmonic sophistication with aggressive precision since 2011. Their approach layers melodic guitar work over a foundation of thrash and death metal intensity.
French melodic death metal band from Laon, blending harmonic sophistication with aggressive intensity since 2015. Their name, meaning 'dispute' or 'litigation,' signals the confrontational energy beneath their melodic surface.
Litosth is a melodic black/death metal band from Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2016, featuring members who have also played in prominent Latin American black metal acts including Patria, Mysteriis, Swords at Hymns, and Dark Celebration. The band released their second full-length album "Farther From the Sun" in 2022, recorded at Dead Marshall Records, blending the melancholy of black metal with atmospheric death metal. Their third full-length "Cesariana" followed in February 2024 through Personal Records.
Liträo is a sludge/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2018 by four musicians drawing on shared history in other local projects. The lineup features Guilherme Kirk on guitar and vocals, Guilherme Stephano on lead guitar, Gabriel Fontes on bass, and Marcos Soli on drums, with the band citing Sleep, Crowbar, and Electric Wizard as primary influences. Their debut full-length album "Egomorte" was released in 2020.
Danish death metal band from Koge, emerging in 2019 with raw, uncompromising brutality. Their sound channels death metal's foundational heaviness through a stripped-down, aggressive approach.
Upper Austrian doom/stoner/sludge band originally founded in 1996, blending eclectic influences from The Doors to Bauhaus into heavy, multilayered riffs. Their 2020 debut 'And The Ants Still March On' delivers sprawling, melancholic heaviness sung in both English and Austrian German.
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