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Thrash, heavy metal, and hard rock band from Carmona in Andalusia, Spain, blending the aggression of thrash with classic heavy metal and hard rock since 2014. Their southern Spanish roots bring a distinctive energy to their riff-driven metal sound.
Ulcerate formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 2000, built around the partnership of guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat, and have become one of the most critically discussed technical death metal bands of their generation. Their music is characterized by dense dissonance, complex rhythmic displacement, and an atmosphere more indebted to Neurosis or Gorguts than conventional death metal brutality. Seven studio albums span their career, from Of Fracture and Failure (2007) through Cutting the Throat of God (2024) on Debemur Morti Productions.
Fresh out of Indiana as of 2024, Ulcerated Blastula hit the ground running with a grindcore and thrash hybrid that favors velocity and blunt force over nuance. Short, hostile, and relentless — exactly what the name suggests.
Death metal band from Pordenone in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, active since 2013. Their sound channels death metal's core brutality from northeastern Italy's border region.
Hungarian black metal project active since 2016, channeling the genre's atmospheric darkness from the Hungarian underground. Their sound draws from the broader Central European black metal tradition.
Black metal project from France's Grand Est region, emerging in 2025 with a sound that incorporates synthesizer elements into raw black metal. Their approach blends atmospheric synth textures with the aggression of traditional black metal.
Black metal project spanning Normandy and Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France, named after the legendary Viking-age sword inscription, active since 2020. Their Norse-referencing name and dual-region origins evoke the historical Viking presence in Normandy through black metal.
Ulfberth is a seven-piece sludge/post-metal ensemble from Porto, Portugal, navigating between heavy landscapes of distortion and melody. Their album Process of Clarity was recorded at Adrift Studio and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.
Ulfdallir is a Moscow-based melodic death metal band formed in December 2014, drawing heavily on Norse mythology and Viking themes across releases like Ulfhedinn and Fenrir's Wrath. Their sound marries melodic death metal with folk metal elements inspired by sagas of Odin, Fenrir, and the Einherjar.
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