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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Redrvm is a groove metal band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2001. One of the longer-running acts in the Swedish groove metal scene, the band has been delivering heavy, rhythmic metal for over two decades.
Redshark is a heavy/speed/power metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2013. The band channels the triple force of heavy, speed, and power metal from one of Europe's great metal cities.
Bath-based progressive metal act formed in 2017, exploring expansive arrangements and technical musicianship from England's southwest. Their compositional ambitions push beyond standard metal frameworks into intricate progressive territory.
Thrash metal band from São Paulo formed in 2024 and operating in the old-school Bay Area tradition. Their debut release Under Control appeared in May 2024, containing seven tracks including "The Ghost of War Can't Haunt Your Sleep" and "Horror in Z Ville".
Redstone is a heavy/stoner metal and rock band from Angers in the Loire Valley of France, formed in 2021. The band delivers riff-driven stoner metal from the Anjou capital.
Skopje melodic death metal and metalcore act formed in 2017, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodicism with modern breakdowns from North Macedonia's capital. Their dual approach bridges two powerful metal traditions.
Detroit's Reducer launched in 2020 with the city's industrial blood in their veins, delivering thrash metal with the mechanized momentum and blue-collar anger that has always made Detroit a natural home for aggressive music. They fit into a long Motor City lineage of bands who channel the city's hardness directly into the riff.
Virginia Beach's Redundant Protoplasm have been grinding out goregrind and grindcore since 2019, inhabiting the biology-obsessed subgenre's tradition of grotesque humor and extreme brevity with apparent relish. Few bands operate with as much scalpel-precision obscurantism this close to the beach.
Thrash metal band from Bucharest, Romania, active since 2015. Their approach delivers classic thrash from the Romanian capital.
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