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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Death metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2019 and delivering uncrowned extremity from the same city that birthed Ultra Vomit. Their sound channels death metal's core elements of blast beats, guttural vocals, and crushing riffs.
Black and death metal band from Lambrugo near Como, Italy, active since 2005 with two decades in the Lombard underground. Their dual-genre approach blends the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing weight.
Stoner metal band from Madrid, Spain, delivering heavy, fuzz-drenched doom and stoner metal with thrash and rock influences since 2019. Their 2023 debut Stellium, described as bombastic and seriously heavy, spans eight tracks of hooks and crushing weight recorded by Ignacio Lopez-Rufian.
Death/black/thrash metal band from São Paulo, formed in 2022, comprising Bataille N.Z.F.E.D.K. on drums, Bloodshed SS on guitars, and Scytherman 1150 on vocals and bass. Their debut EP Imperial Genocide was recorded and mixed at Krypta Bestial Studios by Mallus and released on October 31, 2022 through Black Hearts Records; the four-track release uses cover artwork derived from Pedro Américo's 1871 painting Batalha do Campo Grande.
Heavy metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2018 and forging traditional metal in a city known for its extreme metal output. Their sound delivers classic heavy metal power from the northern Finnish underground.
Black and thrash metal band from Bergen, Norway, active since 2013. Their location in the cradle of Norwegian black metal lends weight to their fusion of black and thrash traditions.
Melodic groove metal and metalcore band from Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, active since 2020. Their sound combines groove metal's rhythmic power with metalcore's dynamic hooks and melodic sensibility.
Madrid-based death metal act rising from the Spanish capital's underground since 2021. Their sound embraces the morbid intensity and technical aggression that characterizes modern death metal.
French black metal project active since 2022, taking their name from the Dark Souls video game location. Their approach to black metal channels the dark fantasy aesthetic of their namesake through atmospheric extremity.
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