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Mainz-based Polytoxic arrived in 2024 with a groove-heavy metal sound that carries the weight of the Rhine Valley's industrial heritage. Their debut material suggests a preference for mid-tempo crush over speed, letting each riff land with deliberate impact.
One of Espírito Santo's earliest extreme metal exports, Porrada!!! formed in 1991 and quickly carved through death/black metal into grindcore territory, releasing three records in rapid succession: The Avalanche (1992), The Society's Open Hurts (1993), and Long Live Grindcore!!! (1994). Their lyrics tackled death, politics, and social decay, and the increasing grindcore aggression across those three releases marked them as genuine pioneers of the Brazilian extreme underground.
Porta Daemonium is a Santiago-based occult death metal band whose roots trace back to 1998 under the name Porta Salomoniis, reforming under the current name in 2011. Drawing from the approaches of Immolation, Incantation, and early Morbid Angel, they released their debut full-length Serpent of Chaos in 2016 on Iron, Blood & Death Corporation, with a vinyl edition following in 2017 on Sweden's Blood Harvest Records. The band continued activity through the 2019 split Emancifestation From Sinister Side and the 2020 split The Southern Spirits Old Chants.
Black metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2007, whose Latin name means 'gate of hell.' Nearly two decades of infernal black metal mark them as veterans of the Polish underground.
Portaestandarte is a black/death metal project from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018. The band released the single "The Last Battalion" in 2021 and followed it with the demo For the Man Who Will Come in 2022, issued as a limited 100-copy cassette through Ingo Perzel Promotion.
Alzira's Pron delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from the Valencian Ribera Alta since 2014. Their Júcar river valley setting provides an unlikely home for some of the region's most unrelenting sonic punishment.
Brunswick's Ponthiever brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to Lower Saxony since 2022. Their Gothenburg-worship approach — harmonized leads over driving rhythms — finds a welcoming home in the historically significant ducal city.
Portals of Glory is a symphonic power metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring members Walter Osedin, Max Suárez, and Nahuel García. The band released their debut album "Divine Alliance" on October 12, 2021, a six-track record that includes songs "Aurora Novum," "Blood and Steel," and "Doom of Your Kingdom."
Heavy and speed metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2016, igniting classic heavy and speed metal fire from the Russian cultural capital. They bring over eight years of metallic energy.
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