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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Death metal band from Torrevieja, Spain, formed in 2012, dealing in rotting, festering death metal from the Mediterranean coast. Their name captures the decomposition theme central to their sound.
Death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2015, bringing crushing death metal to the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg. They deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the classic death metal tradition.
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2024, bringing Scandinavian melodic death metal to the northernmost reaches of the Finnish metal scene. They blend melody with death metal aggression from the Arctic Circle region.
Madrid's Phylogeny has been tracing the evolutionary lineage of death metal since 2014, adding technical and progressive dimensions to the genre's family tree. Their name, borrowed from evolutionary biology, reflects compositions that branch and mutate with scientific precision.
Berlin's Placenta has evolved from death-thrash-groove origins into a more deathcore-oriented sound, reflecting the German capital's tendency toward genre mutation. Their stylistic shape-shifting mirrors Berlin's own constantly transforming cultural landscape.
Madrid's Pimeä Metsä — Finnish for 'dark forest' — brings Viking and folk metal's Scandinavian aesthetic to the heart of Iberia since 2013. Their adoption of Finnish naming reflects a pan-European metal identity that transcends geographic boundaries.
Avant-garde and black metal band from Seixal, Portugal, formed in 2014, whose Portuguese name means 'pestilence.' They push the boundaries of black metal with avant-garde experimentation from the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Black metal project from Schweina, Germany, formed in 2023, channeling plague-themed darkness through raw black metal. Their name, Latin for plague, signals the pestilent atmosphere of their music.
A raw black metal outfit rooted in occultism and nihilism, Pestis announced themselves with a limited-edition cassette demo in early 2023, pressed to only 64 copies. Their approach draws on the bleak, misanthropic tradition of the genre without concession to accessibility.
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