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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Rožňava progressive/power metal act formed in 2013, blending technical complexity with melodic grandeur from eastern Slovakia's Gemer region. Their ambitious approach fuses the best of both progressive and power metal traditions.
Renascence is a gothic/death metal band from Rheinfelden in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2016. The band merges gothic atmospherics with death metal heaviness from the upper Rhine valley on the Swiss border.
Renascent is a symphonic melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2004. Over two decades of activity merging symphonic grandeur with melodic death metal make them veterans of the Finnish scene.
Gothic/doom metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2015. Their Latin name, meaning 'rebirth,' accompanies dark, atmospheric metal from the Ural capital.
Punishing Deathcore from Waxahachie.
Panevezys death metal act formed in 2013, bringing over a decade of brutality from Lithuania's fifth-largest city. Their sustained commitment to the craft speaks to death metal's deep roots in the Baltic region.
Northern English black metal project formed in 2019, whose very name evokes primal violence and natural savagery. Their raw approach channels the bleak landscapes and harsh beauty of England's north through the lens of extreme metal.
Glasgow death metal act formed in 2019, contributing to Scotland's thriving extreme metal scene that has produced internationally recognized acts. Their punishing approach carries forward Glasgow's reputation as a death metal stronghold.
From Tamaqua, Pennsylvania — a small Appalachian coal town that breeds hard music — Rended conjure a raw, regionalist black metal that carries the weight of the anthracite landscape. Formed in 2020, their sound evokes isolation and cold without relying on polish or convention. There's something distinctly American and rural about their particular strain of darkness.
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