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Unhallow is a Stockholm-based melodic death metal band featuring Robert Senneback of Dismember and Joakim Sterner of Necrophobic, creating atmospheric, somber, and dark doom-inflected death metal. Their 2022 demo Daemonum offers two tracks from a planned ten-song output, described as filling a gap left by influential Swedish bands of decades past.
Austrian black metal act forging passionate second-wave black metal since 2021, with their debut Awaken The Black Flame released in 2023 through Folter Records. Recorded in 2022 and mixed by Marcin Rybicki at Left Hand Sounds, the album delivers six tracks of crisp, atmospheric black metal praised for its authentic approach.
Munich-based melodic death metal band formed in 2019, reduced to two members during the pandemic who spent two years crafting their 2022 debut Edge of Existence. The eight-track album delivers 33 minutes of intense melodic death metal, and the duo is currently developing their second record.
Three-piece brutal death metal and deathcore unit from Dusseldorf, Germany, incorporating slam and technical death metal elements into their punishing sound. Their 2024 debut Of Spectres and Strife features nine tracks mixed and mastered by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Recordings with artwork by Kaja Kumor.
Death metal and metalcore five-piece from Halle an der Saale, Germany, active since 2007 with a DIY ethos forged in their Reste-Harry rehearsal room. Their discography includes the 2007 album Freight Train Falls from a Skyscraper and 2009's Armageddon for Joe Pedestrian, produced by Christoph Wieczorek at Sawdust Recordings.
Thrash metal and metalcore band from Manchester, England, active since 2022. Their sound harvests aggression from both genres, combining thrash speed with metalcore's dynamic structures.
Unhealer is a sludge/post-metal band from Sweden's Dalarna region, active since 2012 and trafficking in heavy, atmospheric compositions. The project draws on the pastoral isolation of central Sweden's forested landscape.
Unhealth is a death/groove metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, rooted in the city's legendary metal scene since 2020. The project channels Gothenburg's tradition of melody-meets-aggression through a groove metal lens.
Marseille-based project evolving from black metal origins toward electronic black metal, active since 2012. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous approach to black metal that increasingly incorporates electronic elements into the genre's sonic template.
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