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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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The Blessing Way is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2018. They weave gothic atmospheres and dark romanticism into melodic death metal structures with emotional depth.
Coral Springs, Florida's The Blind Beholder operate in the atmospheric and depressive wing of black metal, building music that uses the genre's cold, minimalist textures to conjure isolation and inward collapse rather than outward fury. Formed in 2018, they channel something genuinely bleak into their sound — the kind of heavy music that feels less like an assault than a slow disappearance.
The Blizzard from Milan deliver heavy and power metal with the storm-force intensity their wintry name demands since 2020. Their Lombardy base channels ice-storm ferocity through melodic compositions.
Death metal/deathcore band from Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, The Blood Mile formed in 2008 and were active until 2012. Their sound merged melodic death metal structures with raw hardcore-influenced breakdowns, drawing comparisons to The Black Dahlia Murder.
Atlanta's The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir are a 2025 arrival bringing a choral, atmospheric dimension to black metal — the name alone suggests scale and ceremony, a sound conceived for open spaces and gathering darkness rather than small rooms. They emerge from a city with an increasingly restless extreme metal underground, adding a layer of ritualistic ambition to an already fertile scene.
The Body Farm from London deliver brutal and technical death metal named after the forensic anthropology facilities where human decomposition is studied since 2010. Over fifteen years of clinically brutal compositions from the British capital has established them as a force in the UK death metal underground.
The Body Snatcher is a gothic/death metal band from Hämeenlinna, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend gothic atmosphere with death metal's aggression.
Formed in Karlskrona, Sweden, in 1996, The Bones honed a high-energy punk 'n' roll sound with roots in street punk and vintage rock and roll, winning a following across Europe through extensive club and festival touring alongside Motörhead and Cockney Rejects. Their 1997 debut EP The Horrorway sold out rapidly on their own label, launching a run of albums on Burning Heart Records and beyond, including Bigger Than Jesus (2002) and Burnout Boulevard (2007). Over more than two decades, the band maintained an unpolished, visceral sound rooted in the tradition of the Stooges and early UK punk.
The Book from Brno play epic heavy metal with a literary conceptual edge, formed in 2020 and crafting ambitious, narrative-driven compositions. Their approach blends the grandeur of classic epic metal with storytelling ambition drawn from their bookish namesake.
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