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Ukrainian thrash/groove metal and hardcore band from Poltava, merging multiple aggressive styles since 2009. Their long-running career spanning over a decade and a half marks them as veterans of the Poltava underground.
Slovak death 'n' roll band from Martin, merging death metal aggression with rock 'n' roll swagger since 2016. Their playful name signals the fun, irreverent character of their death-tinged rock and roll.
Los Criminis are a thrash metal and crossover band from San Salvador, El Salvador, active since 2009. They have released two full-lengths, Machete (2016) and Náhuat (2022), the latter title referencing the indigenous Pipil language of El Salvador. The band continues to release singles independently.
Spanish stoner metal band from Castellon de la Plana, delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness since 2009. Their name, meaning 'The Four Hundred Blows,' signals the pounding intensity of their stoner metal approach.
Los Densos are a Buenos Aires heavy metal and hard rock band formed in 2022 who draw on New Wave of British Heavy Metal alongside Lovecraftian occult themes. Their debut release Habitantes de la Oscuridad, a seven-track album, came out on December 15, 2022. The band consists of Ramón 'Serpiente' Gómez on vocals, Nicolás Rivera on guitar, Julián Sirota on bass, and Nacho Roldán on drums.
Oklahoma City's Los Hijos del Diablo have spent nearly two decades channeling the Devil's blues into smothering sludge and doom metal built for long, punishing nights.
Los Kuro are a Buenos Aires stoner metal trio whose sound incorporates heavy psych, post-doom, and sludge. Their debut Demo appeared in July 2013, followed by Volumen I (April 2014) — a conceptual record built around longer progressive jams — and subsequent releases including 1 ½ (2015), Silencio (2017), and IV (2018). The Volumen I lineup featured Manuel Ferreira on guitar, Mauro Cristy on bass, and Andrés Salaverri on drums.
Los Males del Mundo is a black metal project from Buenos Aires founded by Cristian Yans and Dany Tee (also of Acathexis and Downfall of Nur), with Nikita Kamprad of Der Weg Einer Freiheit contributing as producer and guest bassist. They debuted with the EP L.M.D.M. in October 2020, then released the debut full-length Descent Towards Death on February 26, 2021 through Northern Silence Productions — a five-track, forty-minute album drawing lyrically on Nietzsche, Cioran, and Schopenhauer. The album received coverage from Invisible Oranges and other metal press as a notable debut in atmospheric black metal.
Spanish technical death metal band from Madrid, formed in 2021 and channeling precise, angular brutality. Their sound pushes death metal's technical boundaries through intricate riffing and complex structures.
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