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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Nuclear Devastation is a grindcore band from Milan, Italy, active since 2012. They lay waste with blasting extremity from Italy's largest city.
Enschede death metal act formed in 2017, delivering brutal extremity from the eastern Netherlands. Their punishing approach channels the weight of old-school death metal traditions.
Bratislava progressive thrash metal act formed in 2016, pushing thrash beyond conventional boundaries through intricate compositions. Their cerebral approach channels technical ambition through aggressive frameworks.
Istanbul black/death metal and noise project formed in 2023, channeling bestial extremity and sonic chaos. Their confrontational approach pushes extreme metal to its most abrasive limits.
Nuclear Hammer is a Finnish black metal act formed in 2024, channeling raw and uncompromising black metal from the depths of the Finnish underground. The project represents a fresh addition to Finland's prolific black metal scene.
Nuclear Holocaust is a death metal and grindcore band from Świdnik, Poland, active since 2015. They bring apocalyptic extremity from this Lublin voivodeship town.
Nuclear Impact is a grindcore/thrash metal band from Slovenia, active since 2015. The band delivers blistering extreme metal that fuses grindcore's relentless speed with thrash metal aggression.
Nuclear Jeezus is a thrash metal band from Pleszew, Poland, active since 2018. Their provocatively respelled name adds irreverent humor to their thrash assault.
Nuclear Magick is a black/death/doom metal band from the Essen-Bochum area of the Ruhr Valley, active since 2010. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal with occult themes from the industrial heartland.
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