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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Legendary French metal act from Nantes, active since 1999, famous for combining powerful riffs with devastating humor in equal measure. Regular performers at Hellfest and the Olympia, their albums including Panzer Surprise deliver extreme metal with an unmistakable comedic twist.
Turin-based band that began as thrash metal in 2012 before evolving toward metalcore and alternative rock. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous approach to heavy music that has taken them beyond their thrash metal origins.
UltraMantis Black is a hardcore band formed in 2014 by professional wrestler and musician UltraMantis Black alongside members of noise-rock group Pissed Jeans. The band's debut self-titled EP was recorded that same year and released on Sub Pop, combining grindcore intensity with hardcore punk aggression. Two subsequent full-lengths on Relapse Records continued the project, which has paired physical showmanship with explicitly political themes around animal rights and environmental activism.
Ultranza is a heavy metal trio from Balcarce, in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. The band released their debut album Desde El Abra in February 2020, a nine-track record that drew comparisons to classic hard rock and thrash traditions and was recognized in year-end roundups of Argentine metal releases.
Long-running experimental sludge and doom outfit from Liege, Belgium, active since 2004, blending death metal, doom-rock, avant-garde psychedelia, and electronic soundtracks as a tribute to rock culture. Their extensive catalog spans seven releases including Sowberry Hagan, The Art of Spectres, and Lungville.
Ultrapodre is a death metal and grindcore act from Seixal, Portugal, trafficking in the grotesque extremity of the goregrind tradition since 2014. Their 2015 debut Archives of Carnage delivers 13 tracks of visceral, gore-soaked grinding death metal.
Ultrasatan is a Portuguese black metal project shrouded in obscurity, active since 2014. The project operates in the underground fringes of the Iberian black metal scene.
Death metal band from Salamanca, Spain, active since 2010 and carrying the name 'Beyond the Grave' in their extreme sonic explorations. Their approach to death metal reflects the growing strength of the Spanish extreme metal underground.
Death, thrash, and grindcore crossover act from Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain, delivering a relentless fusion of extreme subgenres since 2021. Their sound combines the speed of grindcore with thrash and death metal's structural complexity.
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