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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Symphonic power metal band from Volgograd, Russia, active since 2011. Their approach layers orchestral grandeur over anthemic power metal from the Volga city.
R. Josef is a solo atmospheric sludge and post-black metal project from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2019, with all music written and performed by a single musician. Their 2019 Panoptic EP was released on cassette via Bharal Tapes in a limited run of 66 handmade silkscreened copies, delivering four tracks of dense sludgy post-metal.
Raw and atmospheric black metal project from northern Italy launched in 2024, channeling the bleakness of the Italian alpine landscape through lo-fi production and haunting atmospherics. Their dual approach balances raw aggression with contemplative soundscapes.
Experimental/depressive black metal solo artist from Podolsk near Moscow, active since 2012. The project explores the intersection of experimental composition and depressive black metal's emotional extremes.
Kremenchuk death metal act formed in 2018, delivering brutal extremity from central Ukraine's industrial city. Their punishing approach channels the weight of classic death metal.
Groove metal/hard rock band from Portugal, active since 2017. Their approach delivers rhythmically driven music.
R.A.M.B.O. are a Philadelphia hardcore punk and crust band formed in 1999, known for their anarcho-punk politics, anarchist theatrics at live shows, and a sound fusing Youth Crew hardcore with crust, thrashcore, and D-beat. The band released two albums during their initial run before disbanding in 2007, reuniting in 2022 to release Defy Extinction through Relapse Records, maintaining their confrontational stance across nearly two decades.
R.A.W. is a melodic thrash metal band from Peine in Lower Saxony, Germany, active since 2013. The band fuses melodic sensibility with thrash metal intensity from the North German underground.
R.A.Z. is a death metal band from Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast of France, active since 2011. The band delivers death metal from the Loire-Atlantique shipbuilding city in western France.
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