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Necrocene is a death metal band from the Lucca/Florence area of Tuscany, Italy, active since 2011. Their name — evoking an epoch of death — signals the geological scale of their heaviness.
Necrocest is a brutal death metal act from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2014. The band channels crushing brutality from the Welsh capital's extreme metal scene.
Necrochakal is a black/thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. Their sound fuses the raw aggression of thrash with black metal's atmospheric darkness in the Hellenic underground.
Necrochaos is a death metal band from Lower Saxony, active since 2019. The band brings chaotic, unrelenting death metal to northern Germany's extreme music scene.
Kielce death/thrash metal act formed in 2020, delivering extreme aggression from the capital of the Holy Cross voivodeship in central Poland. Their dual-genre assault channels relentless intensity.
Poznań black metal project formed in 2022, channeling extreme darkness from Wielkopolska's vibrant capital. Their atmospheric intensity adds to Poznań's growing extreme metal presence.
Polish death metal act with roots stretching back to 2000, representing one of the country's longer-running extreme metal presences. Their quarter-century of brutality speaks to an enduring dedication to the craft.
Necrocism is a Swiss power/death metal band active since 2014. The project fuses the melodic ambition of power metal with death metal's guttural intensity.
Necrocite is a death metal and grindcore band from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2009. They bring extreme metal from this city on the Amur River near the Chinese border.
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