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Death metal and grindcore band from Ukraine, formed in 2018, delivering extreme sonic violence from the Ukrainian underground. They bring grinding death metal intensity.
Woodstock, New York's Porcelain Helmet have been sharpening their thrash attack since 2017, taking a genre built in California and giving it an East Coast edge — tighter, more angular, with the sardonic wit that the band name alone promises. Thrash from the Hudson Valley has its own flavor, and Porcelain Helmet sounds like they've found it.
A 2020 German speed metal project with deliberately corrupted orthography, Poisöned Speed channels the first-wave spirit of Exciter and early Motörhead. Their umlaut-adorned name is an homage to the '80s excess that defines their high-velocity approach.
Death metal and hardcore band from the Netherlands, formed in 2011, whose provocative Italian name is among the most notorious blasphemies in the Italian language. They channel confrontational extremity through death metal and hardcore.
Industrial gothic metal band with black metal influences from Valenciennes, France, formed in 2013, creating a unique blend of mechanical industrial textures with gothic atmosphere and black metal edge. They bring an experimental hybrid sound from the Nord department.
Pagan and folk metal band from Opole, Poland, formed in 2014, named after the Slavic deity with multiple faces. They channel ancient Slavic mythology through folk-infused metal from the Silesian city.
Experimental death and doom metal band from Sonta, Serbia, named after the blood disorder porphyria. They bring medically themed experimental extremity to the Vojvodina underground.
Melodic death metal band from Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, active since 2005, delivering two decades of melodic death metal from the Povazie region. They are among the longest-running melodic death metal acts in Slovakia.
One-man atmospheric avant-garde black metal project from Burgas, Bulgaria, launched in 2015 with the debut Cult of Three. Remarkably prolific with over ten albums released at roughly one per year, the project blends experimental and post-black metal with atmospheric textures.
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