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Symphonic black metal project from Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2022. Their debut album Cult of Misery was released on September 23, 2022 via Bandcamp and contains four tracks including the title piece and "Slave of Vanity."
Rotten Cavern is a doom/death metal band from Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2024. The band channels cavernous doom-death from the ancient Roman port city on the Mediterranean.
Death metal band from Funchal, Madeira, formed in 2021. Their approach delivers death metal from the Atlantic island.
Grindcore/death metal band from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, active since 2000, Rotten Cold deliver politically charged, anger-driven hardcore-inflected grind. Their catalog includes splits with Monolith and Human Mastication, the MCD Butterfly (2006), and the 2019 full-length Grind Culture, as well as a split 7" with fellow Austrian band Distaste.
Rome experimental black metal project formed in 2020, pushing the genre's boundaries through unconventional sonic approaches from Italy's capital. Their adventurous take on black metal defies easy categorization.
Death metal/grindcore band from Tver, Russia, formed in 2024. Their approach combines death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the city between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Death metal band from Várzea Paulista, São Paulo, with a lineup of Wesley Gomides on vocals, Fernando Romano on guitars, Igor Dead on bass, and Marco "Porco" on drums. Their debut full-length As the Slurry Consumes was recorded at Sotão Studio and released in August 2024 on Iron Fortress Records and Rotten Tomb Records. The album is dedicated to the memory of the band's late associate Luciano Battistini.
Rotten Evisceration is a death metal band from Lima, Peru, formed in 2006 in the El Agustino district. Rooted in the American death metal school of the early 1990s, with Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, and Immolation among their primary influences, the band released their debut album Ancient Grave Ascension in 2018 through Blood Splattered Axe Records and Guts 'n' Blood Records. Their lyrics draw heavily from horror cinema rather than typical gore imagery, particularly the Italian splatter film tradition.
Slam/brutal death metal band from Piatra Neamț, Romania, formed in 2019. Their deliberately crude name accompanies slamming brutality from the Moldavian city.
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