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Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Long-running thrash and death metal act from Limoges, France, evolving from their early power and thrash metal sound since 2001. Over two decades of activity, they have refined their approach from power-thrash origins toward a heavier death-thrash direction.
Unsaint is a thrash-death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, dealing in what they call '10 ton heavy thrash-death metal' under the motto 'Thou shalt mosh.' Their 2013 EP Watch Them Bleed delivers five tracks of relentless aggression recorded in January of that year.
Metalcore and deathcore band from Riga, Latvia, active since 2023 and delivering heavy, breakdown-driven aggression from the Baltic capital. Their sound reflects the growing influence of modern extreme metal in the Latvian scene.
Death metal band from São Paulo formed in 2012, performing in the old-school style with lyrics written and sung in Portuguese. Their album Realidade Sádica—reviewed by Roadie Crew in January 2019—opens with the title track and addresses themes of death, anti-religion, and human suffering across compositions that alternate between high-speed passages and mid-paced heaviness.
Parisian thrash metal band active since 2016, delivering riff-driven aggression from the French capital's metal underground. Their sound channels classic thrash metal energy through a modern French perspective.
Black and death metal band from Vibo Valentia in Calabria, Italy, active since 2011. Their extreme sound rises from the ancient lands of southern Italy's most remote region.
Symphonic metal band from Paris, France, named after the dark faeries of Celtic mythology, active since 2017. Their orchestral approach blends sweeping symphonic arrangements with heavy metal power, drawing from both musical and mythological traditions.
Unseelight is a melodic death metal project from Bryansk, Russia, active since 2022 and rooted in the melodeath tradition. The project delivers melody-driven death metal from western Russia.
Death metal and deathcore band from The Hague, the Netherlands, active since 2012 with over a decade of experience. Their sound combines death metal's technical brutality with deathcore's breakdown-driven intensity.
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