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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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Black'n'roll band from the Saarland region of Germany, formed in 2012, merging the darkness of black metal with the swagger of rock'n'roll. They deliver infectious, groove-driven black metal with a punk edge.
Black metal band from Marl, Germany, formed in 2014, marshaling legions of blast beats and tremolo riffs from the Ruhr Area. Their militant approach to black metal draws from the genre's most aggressive traditions.
Black metal project from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2022, channeling the cold darkness of Franconian winters through raw black metal. They draw from the deep well of German black metal tradition.
Pesto coined the term "culinary grindcore" for their particular strain of brutal death metal and grindcore, built around grotesque gastronomic and cannibal lyrical themes. The trio of Diego Firmo, Diego Andrade, and Marcio Barbosa debuted with an EP that included a music video for the track "Cutting Corpse," establishing a darkly comedic identity within extreme metal.
Black metal project from Germany, formed in 2025, representing the newest wave of German black metal. They deliver uncompromising black metal fury rooted in the genre's most savage traditions.
Black metal act from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2018, ruling with tyrannical black metal force from Baden-Wurttemberg. Their name, combining plague and tyrant, captures the oppressive darkness of their sound.
Pestífera is an Argentine old-school death metal project led by Alejandro Sabransky, also known for his work in 1917 and Bokrug. The band released the EP "Crónica Macabra" in 2020 on Total Noise Records, featuring guest appearances from members of Pogrom, Pandemia, Inhumation, and Bloodfiend.
Pet the Preacher was a Copenhagen, Denmark hard rock trio formed in 2010 by vocalist-guitarist Christian Hede Madsen, bassist Torben Wæver Pedersen, and drummer Christian Von Larsen, mixing 1970s blues-rock, stoner metal riffs, and prog-rock arrangements into a dense, slow-burning sound. The band released two albums — The Banjo (2011) and The Cave and the Sunlight (2014) — before disbanding in August 2015. Their brief run produced a small but regarded catalog within the Danish heavy rock underground.
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