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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious (2022)
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Odd by name and design, New York's Platypus applies progressive metal's toolkit with an unpredictable structural logic — time signatures shift, themes resurface transformed, and no section stays where you expect it to land.
Kassel's Paroxysm has been delivering short, sharp shocks of grindcore fury since 2021. Their Hessian base connects them to a German grind tradition that prioritizes intensity and brevity in equal measure.
Black metal project from Paris, France, formed in 2025, exploring the darkest reaches of the soul through raw black metal. They join the newest generation of Parisian black metal.
Sondershausen's Pleasant Nightmare has been crafting heavy metal and hard rock from the northern Thuringian foothills since 2017. Their oxymoronic name captures the dual nature of their sound — accessible melodies wrapped in heavy metal's darker trappings.
Heavy and power metal band from Almada, Portugal, formed in 2016, delivering memorable melodic metal from across the Tagus River from Lisbon. They bring anthemic power metal to the Portuguese scene.
Progressive thrash metal band from Ankara, Turkey, formed in 2021, bringing common people's fury through technically ambitious thrash metal. They bring progressive complexity to the Turkish thrash scene.
A 2025 death metal arrival from the ancient Castilian city of Soria, Primitive Noise channels the province's legendary emptiness — Spain's least populated — into compositions as stark and unforgiving as the surrounding landscape.
Deathcore and metalcore band from Limoges, France, active since 2006, making them a veteran act in the French deathcore scene. Nearly two decades of heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals mark their dedication.
Barcelona's Pripyat Escape uses the Chernobyl ghost-city as both name and metaphor since 2019, crafting progressive metal that explores themes of catastrophe and survival. Their Catalan base provides the creative resources for their ambitious, concept-driven approach.
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