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Hailing from Macapá in the far north of the country, Peia Braba bring a chaotic and unpolished grindcore attack to a genre with deep roots in Brazil's underground. The band drew international underground attention with a 2015 split alongside Belgian grindcore legends Agathocles, recorded at Khaos Studio in their home city.
Sludge and doom metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2019, whose French name means 'capital punishment.' They deliver sentence-like crushing doom and sludge from the Alsatian capital.
Melodic death and industrial metal band from Hilden, Germany, formed in 2014, fusing the emotional melodies of Scandinavian death metal with cold industrial textures. Their hybrid approach creates a unique sonic identity within the German metal landscape.
Black metal band from Ukraine, formed in 2021, whose name means 'hell' in Ukrainian. They channel infernal fury through raw black metal.
Belgian doom and stoner metal band from Leuven, started in 2007 by Adriaan De Raymaeker, Ivo Rensen, and Steven Eembeek, mixing slow heavy drone, psychedelic rock, and pounding riffs. Their releases include The Antikythera Mechanism and the limited-edition Black Moonshine EP.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Flen, Sweden, formed in 2019, named after the flowering plant genus. They bring blooming heavy metal from the Sodermanland region.
Death and thrash metal band from Gottingen, Germany, formed in 2019, named after the vitamin deficiency disease. They deliver punishing extreme metal from the university city in Lower Saxony.
Sankt Wendel's Phosphorus fuses black metal's raw intensity with post-metal's expansive dynamics since 2019. Their Saarland setting — Germany's smallest state by population — breeds a creative isolation that feeds their atmospheric, boundary-pushing sound.
Thrash metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2025, bringing fresh thrash metal energy to Greece's second-largest city. They represent the newest generation of Greek thrash.
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