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Proof (2024)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Grindcore band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering short, sharp bursts of extreme sonic violence. They operate at the fastest and most abrasive end of the Hessian extreme metal spectrum.
A pandemic-born project rooted between Natal and Recife, Paroxysm channels existential dread and societal collapse through slow-grinding death-doom compositions built by guitarist and bassist Flávio "Horroroso" França alongside vocalist Rogério Mendes and drummer Flávio Neves. Their debut full-length Faith Swallower, recorded at Black Hole Studio in Natal between 2021 and 2023 and released in January 2024, delivers six tracks of dense, suffocating extremity that treat the project's very name — the peak exacerbation of symptoms — as both aesthetic and philosophy.
Symphonic death metal band from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, with roots stretching back to 1985, making them one of the oldest metal acts in the Russian Far East. Their decades of activity from Sakhalin Island represent remarkable dedication.
Stoner metal band from Dudley, England, formed in 2018, delivering fuzz-drenched stoner metal grooves from the Black Country. Their heavy riffs echo through the industrial heartland of the West Midlands.
Atmospheric black metal project from Erfurt, Germany, formed in 2016, crafting immersive and emotionally intense atmospheric black metal. Their name suggests an exploration of the soul's darker aspects through layered, expansive compositions.
Black metal band from Paltamo, Finland, formed in 2014, channeling the stark isolation of the Kainuu region through aggressive black metal. Their name blends 'beard' and 'Christ' in provocative fashion.
Parte de Nada is a psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, built around the duo of Moco Piovano (guitars, bass, vocals) and Luca Frizza (drums). Their nine-track debut album Atacan Los Monstruos was released on March 14, 2023, recorded at Gran Rosa studio and a mobile studio between 2020 and 2021, with Frizza handling mixing and mastering.
Parth Gallen was a power and speed metal band from Natal active from 2001 to 2005, drawing on fantasy worlds drawn from video games, anime, and epic fiction — references to universes like World of Warcraft and Castlevania ran through their early material. In 2024 the surviving members issued Burning Swans, a collection built from tapes recorded at a 2017 reunion session featuring vocalist Davison Pegado, guitarists Christophe Freire and Roberto Phrankson, drummer T-Rash, and bassist André Rocha.
Assembled from veterans of other extreme music acts in Euclides da Cunha, Parthak built their sound around intricate melodic arrangements grafted onto a death metal foundation — early material leaned toward progressive complexity before the band settled into more streamlined melodic death territory. Their 2008 album Red Sorrow, featuring vocalist Humberto Amorim, guitarist Ítalo Rocha, bassist Júnior Moreira, and drummer Neilton Filho, remains their best-documented statement.
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