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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Black metal and ambient project from L'Aquila in the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy, active since 2014. Their dual approach bridges black metal's intensity with ambient's meditative qualities, informed by the rugged Apennine landscape.
Spanish heavy metal band from Alaquas in the Valencia region, active since 2018 and performing with working-class conviction. Their traditional heavy metal sound carries the weight of their name, meaning 'final sentence,' through powerful riffing and commanding vocals.
Minnesota's Ultimate Dai Satan have been warping progressive metal and sludge into something ponderously heavy and structurally unpredictable since 2020. Their music moves like a slow-motion collapse — dense, deliberate, and strangely compelling.
Ultimate Fate is a six-piece female-fronted symphonic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, emphasizing classic heavy metal roots before the orchestrations to balance heaviness with melody. Their 2011 EP Beyond the Horizon delivers three tracks of dynamic, textured symphonic metal, with merchandise hand-printed on a remote island in the Gothenburg archipelago.
Melodic power metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2015 and drawing from the rich Finnish power metal tradition. Their sound channels the soaring melodies and epic grandeur that have made Finnish power metal renowned worldwide.
Albuquerque's Ultimatum have been hammering out straightforward thrash metal since 2016, carrying the torch for the genre's classic aggressive energy in the high desert of New Mexico. No frills, no detours — just meat-and-potatoes thrash with some Southwest grit behind it.
Death metal band from the volcanic Canary Island of Tenerife, delivering brutal extremity from Spain's Atlantic outpost since 2016. Their isolated island origin gives their death metal a unique geographic identity within the broader Spanish extreme metal scene.
Ultimo Aliento is a stoner metal and rock trio from Berazategui, Argentina, consisting of Martín García (vocals and guitar), Maximiliano Alegre (bass and backing vocals), and Hernán Falcón (drums and backing vocals). The band has released original material including tracks such as Camino a la batalla and Doble filo through OíD!, the municipal recording initiative of Berazategui.
Thrash metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, formed in 2017. Their debut demo Entre Nas Trevas, released in April 2017, was recorded at No Limits Studio in São Paulo and produced by Ivi Kardec; its five tracks include Genocídio Radioativo and Executor.
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