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Pacto de Mutilación is a blackened death metal band from Manta, Ecuador, founded in 2017 by José Rodríguez and currently signed to Entocomophobic Records. The band channels anti-Christian and occult themes through a savage blend of black and death metal, releasing material including the demos Culto Tribal and Lamashtu, followed by the 2021 EP Lamashtu II and the full-length Sanguinaria Misantropía. Their sound reflects the ferocious underground metal scene that has emerged along Ecuador's coast.
Pacto de Mutilación is a blackened death metal band from Manta, Ecuador, founded in 2017 by José Rodríguez and currently signed to Entocomophobic Records. The band channels anti-Christian and occult themes through a savage blend of black and death metal, releasing material including the demos Culto Tribal and Lamashtu, followed by the 2021 EP Lamashtu II and the full-length Sanguinaria Misantropía. Their sound reflects the ferocious underground metal scene that has emerged along Ecuador's coast.
Melodic death metal band from England, formed in 2023, delivering hook-laden melodic death metal rooted in the Scandinavian tradition. They bring fresh melodic aggression to the British metal scene.
Pactum have spent the better part of three decades building one of the more prolific back catalogues in Brazilian black metal, with a sound anchored in Satanic themes, raw production values, and a devotion to the grimmer end of the second-wave tradition. Their discography spans titles such as Nigredo, Haeresis, and the more recent Rex Infernus, consistently holding to a philosophy of darkness and blasphemy without concession to trends.
Goregrind band from Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia, formed in 2015, delivering grotesque grindcore from the Rostov Oblast. They bring crude extremity to the southern Russian underground.
Paddy and the Rats is a Celtic punk band from Miskolc, Hungary, formed in 2008, blending Irish folk, sea shanties, punk rock, and Romani and polka influences into a boisterous working-class sound. Their second album Rats on Board (2009) earned them significant international recognition in Celtic rock circles, winning second place in an annual album poll and making them one of Hungary's most downloaded bands on iTunes that year. The band has since released a prolific run of albums through Napalm Records, including Riot City Outlaws (2017), From Wasteland to Wonderland (2022), and Lord of the Drinks (2024).
Brest-based Pulsar has been flying the power metal flag in Belarus since 2017, a country where extreme styles dominate the local scene. Their commitment to soaring vocals and uplifting melodies makes them a relative rarity in the Belarusian metal landscape.
From the southern Bulgarian city of Haskovo, Project Grey has been crafting cold black metal since 2015. Their releases explore themes of aberration and existential decay through raw tremolo passages and hypnotic repetition rooted in the Eastern European underground tradition.
Paedication is a brutal death metal band from León, Guanajuato (and Mazatlán, Sinaloa), Mexico, active since 2021. The band released their debut Demo 2022, a three-track recording of gore-themed brutal death metal, independently. They remain unsigned and active as of 2024.
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