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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Death metal and deathcore band from London, England, formed in 2013, delivering mechanically precise extreme metal from the British capital. They blend death metal brutality with deathcore's modern heaviness.
Melodic groove metal band from Palma, Mallorca, Spain, formed in 2010, delivering hook-laden groove metal from the Balearic Islands. They bring heavy, accessible metal to the Mediterranean island scene.
A raw speed and thrash metal outfit out of Gainesville, Florida, Prostitute emerged in 2024 with the aggressive, no-frills energy of early Bay Area thrash and classic NWOBHM-influenced speed. Even as a new act, the band wastes no time announcing a commitment to velocity and abrasion over polish.
Protagony arrived from Queens, New York in 2024, immediately staking out space in the post-black metal underground with dense layering, introspective intensity, and the urban claustrophobia that marks much of the New York extreme scene. Their music channels black metal's rawness into expansive, emotionally weighted structures.
A San Diego project active since 2021, Protas blend the swagger of classic heavy metal with the propulsive attack of thrash, drawing on California's deep tradition of dual-genre crossover. The project is built around guitarist Jon Protas, whose playing bridges the melodic sensibility of traditional metal with sharper, more aggressive arrangements.
Black metal band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2024, whose name means 'readily changing shape.' They bring freshly forged, shape-shifting black metal to the Baltic underground.
Austrian raw black metal project that emerged in 2024 with their debut release Satanic Shockwave, six tracks of straightforward satanic black metal composed and recorded during autumn 2023. Their limited-edition CD-R run of 30 hand-numbered copies sold out quickly.
Death metal and hardcore band from Chelyabinsk, Russia, formed in 2017, delivering crushing extremity from the southern Urals industrial city. They bring over eight years of death-hardcore to the Russian scene.
Death metal band from Dej, Romania, active since 2003, delivering over two decades of death metal from the northern Transylvanian town. They are veterans of the Romanian extreme metal underground.
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