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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Varberg death metal act formed in 2018, delivering brutal extremity from the Halland coast of western Sweden. Their punishing approach channels old-school death metal traditions.
Istanbul death/black metal act formed in 2007, merging guttural extremity with atmospheric intensity from Turkey's largest city. Their nearly two decades of output speak to sustained creative vision.
Nascentes Morimur is a melodic death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021, inspired by the Gothenburg melodic death metal movement. Their debut King Dinosaur features a lineup including synth and backing vocals, delivering eight tracks of polished melodic death metal that pays homage to the Swedish school.
Rzeszów black metal act formed in 2013, channeling darkness from the capital of the Subcarpathian voivodeship in southeastern Poland. Their atmospheric intensity draws from the genre's deep traditions.
Nascitus is a black/doom metal project from Sulzbach-Rosenberg in Bavaria's Upper Palatinate, active since 2017. The project merges black metal's bleakness with doom's glacial pace from rural eastern Bavaria.
Nashehrhum is a black metal project from Alba in Piedmont, Italy, active since 1995. With three decades of underground activity, they are among the longest-running black metal acts in northwestern Italy.
Lögdeå black metal act formed in 2014, channeling atmospheric darkness from the remote forests of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. Their isolated origins lend an authentically desolate quality to their sound.
Nashgul is a grindcore band from A Coruna in Galicia, active since 2002. Over two decades of relentless grinding make them one of the longest-running grindcore acts in northwestern Spain.
Nashira is a heavy/thrash metal band from Salamanca, active since 2016. The band delivers classic metal from the historic university city of western Spain.
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