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Doom and stoner metal band from Myslenice, Poland, formed in 2022, delivering heavy, riff-driven stoner doom from the Carpathian foothills. They bring crushing grooves to the Lesser Poland underground.
Pena de Muerte is a groove/thrash metal band from Zacatecas, Mexico, formed in August 2014. The band has released two studio albums — Almas rotas (2015) and Brown Pride (2019) — along with a 2021 demo titled Fucking Metal. They operate independently and remain active.
Penance was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania doom metal band formed in 1989 from former members of thrash act Dream Death, evolving the classic doom metal tradition toward progressive rock over the course of five studio albums. Their debut The Road Less Travelled appeared in 1992 on Lee Dorrian's Rise Above Records, followed by Parallel Corners (1994) on Century Media and three subsequent releases through 2003. The band's gradual incorporation of progressive and psychedelic textures made them an outlier in American doom metal, never achieving broad commercial recognition but earning lasting regard among underground listeners.
Atmospheric black metal band from Faro, Portugal, formed in 2024, named after the English hill associated with the Lancashire witch trials. They bring occult atmospheric black metal from the southernmost reaches of Portugal.
Death metal and grindcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2015, delivering relentless blasts of extreme metal from the French capital. They are part of Paris's active and varied grindcore community.
Doom metal band from Mukachevo, Ukraine, formed in 2012, delivering over a decade of crushing doom from the Transcarpathian region. They bring slow-burning heaviness from western Ukraine.
A 2025 Parisian groove metal and metalcore project, Personal War declares intimate combat through aggressive, rhythmically-driven compositions. Their French capital base connects them to a metropolitan scene where hardcore-adjacent metal thrives in small, intense venues.
Schwelm's Pictura has been painting progressive death metal canvases since 2020, their name reflecting a visual approach to sonic composition. Each release from this Westphalian project reads like a musical painting — layered, detailed, and rich with color.
Grindcore band from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2002, delivering over two decades of provocatively named extreme grindcore. They are veterans of the Swedish grindcore underground.
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