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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Progressive black/death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2020. Their approach pushes black and death metal into progressive, boundary-crossing territory.
Rivers Collide is a metalcore band from Passau in Lower Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024. The band delivers dynamic metalcore from the three-rivers city at the Austrian border.
Atmospheric/avant-garde black metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2017. Their poetic name accompanies experimental, boundary-pushing black metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Death metal band from Stockport, England, formed in 2025. Their approach delivers death metal from the Greater Manchester town.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Rivers of Nihil shattered progressive death metal conventions with 2018's 'Where Owls Know My Name,' an album that introduced jazz saxophone, atmospheric passages, and post-rock dynamics into a foundation of crushing technical death metal. The band's concept of organizing their discography around the four seasons gives their catalog a thematic cohesion rare in extreme music. Their willingness to incorporate genuinely unexpected elements like clean vocals and woodwinds into devastating brutality has made them one of the most critically acclaimed and boundary-pushing bands in modern death metal.
Ankara melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2021, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from Turkey's capital. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
One of Poland's most internationally recognized progressive metal/rock bands, Riverside have been active from Warsaw since 2010 with releases on InsideOut Music. Their expansive, emotionally resonant progressive compositions have earned them a devoted global following.
Riverside Syndicate is a heavy metal band from Heinola in the Päijänne Tavastia region of Finland, formed in 2014. The band delivers traditional heavy metal from the small Finnish lakeside town.
Rivette is a heavy metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, formed in 2015. The band delivers classic heavy metal from the university city in the Finnish lake district.
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