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Vienna metalcore band formed in 2020, Rotten Halo resist easy genre classification, describing their sound as landing somewhere between thrash, death metal, and core influences. Their early catalog of singles and EPs — including Devoured Hope, Call of the Entity, and Lords of War — establishes a direct, riff-heavy approach that encourages listeners to draw their own conclusions.
Rotten Light is a depressive black metal project from Burgos in Castile and León, Spain, active since 2013. The project channels melancholic, introspective black metal from the Gothic cathedral city on the northern Castilian meseta.
Rotten Minds is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Móstoles near Madrid, Spain, formed in 2015. The band delivers extreme brutality from Madrid's southern metropolitan area.
Rotten Moon is a raw black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2024. The project delivers lo-fi, unpolished black metal from Finland's third-largest city.
Rotten Necrosis is a death metal and goregrind band from Brunsbüttel at the mouth of the Kiel Canal in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, formed in 2018. The band delivers extreme music from one of northern Germany's most remote coastal towns.
Rotten Ocean is a brutal death metal band from Odense on the island of Funen in Denmark, formed in 2019. The band delivers punishing brutality from the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen.
Rotten Offerings is a death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2022. The band contributes to the Franconian capital's growing extreme metal scene.
Rotten Organs is a death metal and goregrind band from A Coruña in Galicia, northwestern Spain, formed in 2024. The band channels visceral extremity from the Atlantic port city in Spain's Celtic-influenced corner.
Rotten Perish is a heavy/thrash metal band from Richterswil on Lake Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2009. The band delivers aggressive thrash-inflected heavy metal from the Zürich area underground scene.
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