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Rusted Nail is a melodic death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2019. Their sound features powerful growling vocals, aggressive guitar riffs, masterful keyboards, and bright guitar solos across releases like 'And Fate Is Sealed' and 'Doomed.'
Ankara technical death metal act formed in 2021, delivering intricate musicianship and extreme precision from Turkey's capital. Their technically demanding approach pushes death metal to its most complex expressions.
Vicenza death metal and hardcore act formed in 2022, fusing extreme metal brutality with hardcore's raw directness. Their aggressive crossover channels the intensity of both traditions.
Rústica is a Buenos Aires heavy metal band that self-released a trilogy of EPs beginning with EP #1/3 in August 2016, recorded live at the Bola De Fuego studio by engineer Fernando Elias. The three-part series, continuing through EP #2/3 and EP #3/3, documents the band's early output as a self-contained creative statement.
Rusting Sun is an avant-garde/black metal project from Germany, formed in 2023. The project pushes the boundaries of black metal with experimental and avant-garde compositions.
Groove/southern metal band from Kidderminster, England, active since 2015. Their approach blends groove metal's rhythmic punch with southern metal's swaggering riffs from the Worcestershire town.
Industrial groove/doom metal band from Hastings, England, formed in 2020. Their three-genre approach merges industrial textures, groove metal's rhythmic drive, and doom metal's crushing weight from the Sussex coast.
Skopje melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2019, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from North Macedonia. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
Rusty Forest is a raw black metal project from Nizhnevartovsk, Russia, formed in 2019. The project channels frigid, lo-fi black metal with ambient undercurrents from deep within the West Siberian oil country.
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