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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Processo do Ódio emerged from the Grajaú neighbourhood of São Paulo as a politically charged grindcore outfit drawing on Napalm Death, Nasum, and Ratos de Porão. The band's debut album "Perto do Fim" arrived in early 2011, channelling aggression into pointed commentary on religion, political hypocrisy, and social anxiety.
Heavy, sludge, and stoner metal band from Gdansk, Poland, active since 2007, delivering nearly two decades of heavy, sludge-laden grooves from the Baltic coast. They are veterans of the Pomeranian heavy music scene.
Black metal project from Poland, formed in 2015, whose name means 'gunpowder' in Polish. They deliver explosive black metal from the depths of the Polish underground.
Black and death metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2022, delivering savage blackened death metal from the Spanish capital. They carry the torch of bestial war metal in the Iberian underground.
Speed and thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024, named after the mythological figure who stretched or cut victims to fit his iron bed. They deliver razor-sharp speed-thrash with mythological Hellenic fury.
Thrash metal band from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2023, named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky. They bring stellar thrash metal energy to the southern Lisbon metropolitan area.
Product of Hate are a thrash and groove metal band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, founded in 2007 under the name I for an I before adopting their current name. Signed to Napalm Records, the band released their debut Buried in Violence in 2016 to strong chart performance and recognition from Metal Hammer, delivering a tight, riff-forward sound rooted in classic American thrash aggression.
Technical groove metal and metalcore band from South Yorkshire, England, formed in 2018, combining technical precision with groove-laden heaviness and metalcore impact. They bring versatile aggression to the Yorkshire metal scene.
Technical thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2024, whose Greek name means 'extension' or 'projection.' They bring technically demanding thrash metal to the newest wave of Athenian metal.
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