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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Progressive thrash metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2021, combining progressive complexity with thrash metal aggression from the historic university city. They bring cerebral thrash to the Uppsala scene.
Progressive metal band from Sevastopol, Ukraine, formed in 2021, crafting ambitious progressive compositions from the Crimean port city. They bring supernatural intensity to Ukrainian progressive metal.
Avant-garde metal with folk elements from Russia, formed in 2021, whose Finnish name means 'healing of graves.' They bring unconventional, folk-infused experimental metal to the Russian underground.
Thrash metal band from Bergen, Norway, formed in 2022, delivering paralyzingly heavy thrash metal from the historic Bergen metal scene. They bring new thrash energy to the city that birthed Norwegian black metal.
Washington County, Wisconsin's Parasite have been ripping through thrash metal since 2010, drawing on the Midwest's deep well of aggression and old-school reverence. Their approach honors the speed and precision of the genre's golden era without falling into nostalgic imitation.
Vienna-based extreme metal outfit blending black metal with punk energy, active in the Central European underground since 2019. They have released several recordings including the LP Privilege and a split with Berosszulás through Into Endless Chaos Records.
Parasitic Carnivorous is a brutal death metal/slam band from Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, formed in 2014. Their 2016 EP "Maracay Pampero" established their sound, rooted in the city that shares its name with the release, and the band has continued with an updated lineup since 2023.
Slam and brutal death metal band from Southampton, England, formed in 2019, named after the brain-eating parasitic infection. They deliver appropriately brain-crushing slam from the southern English coast.
Technical death metal band from Brighton, England, formed in 2020, delivering intricate and technically demanding death metal from the seaside city. They bring cerebral extremity to the South Coast metal scene.
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