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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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Unfolded is a melodic death metal band from Lulea in northern Sweden, whose 2014 demo delivers five tracks of heavy, atmospheric melodic death metal across 27 minutes. The project channels the dark isolation of Sweden's far north into its sound.
Melodic death metal band from Luxembourg City, emerging in 2025 and contributing to the small but growing metal scene of the Grand Duchy. Their sound channels the Scandinavian melodeath tradition from the heart of Western Europe.
Death and thrash metal band from Turin, Italy, active since 2019. Their sound fuses the technical aggression of death metal with thrash's relentless speed from the Piedmontese capital.
Progressive metal band from Pecs, Hungary, emerging in 2025 with a sound built on technical ambition and dynamic compositions. Their approach draws from the progressive metal tradition's emphasis on complexity and musical exploration.
Symphonic metal band from Haarlem, the Netherlands, active since 2019. Their orchestral approach blends sweeping symphonic arrangements with heavy metal from the historic Dutch city.
Modern groove metal band from Essen, Germany, combining influences from Metallica, Pantera, Trivium, and Slipknot into a cohesive modern metal sound. Their 2021 album Eye For An Eye, produced by Corny Rambado of Sodom fame and mastered by Dennis Kohne, tells a narrative of liberation from inner pain.
Thrash and death metal band from Plymouth in Devon, England, active since 2020. Their sound combines thrash metal's speed with death metal's heaviness from the southwest English port city.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Strasbourg in Alsace, France, active since 2017 and delivering dual-genre extremity from the Franco-German border region. Their sound combines the blasting speed of grindcore with brutal death metal's guttural ferocity.
Unformulas is a Swedish epic death metal project from Ljungskile, driven by multi-instrumentalist Nicklas Rudolfsson with vocalist David Nilsson delivering lead vocals. Their releases include the albums Spiritual Chaos Vortex and Post Mortem Visionary.
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