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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Doom metal band from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, active since 2012 and whose name means 'hour' in Dutch. Their measured, deliberate approach to doom metal reflects the patient, time-conscious quality of their namesake.
Uurn is a sludge/doom metal band from Malmo, Sweden, describing their sound as 'crippled bleak doom' that fuses doom metal with hardcore, noise rock, and sludge elements. Their 2022 album Strapped In, Ready To Go was recorded at The End Studio in Lund and released on a limited run of 25 cassettes that quickly sold out.
Lithuanian progressive metal act from Vilnius, evolving from progressive black and death metal origins toward progressive rock and metal since 2010. Their stylistic evolution reflects an adventurous musical vision from the Baltic state's capital.
Italian melodic death metal project active since 2019, delivering the genre's signature blend of melodic guitar harmonies with death metal aggression. Their approach reflects the growing Italian melodic death metal community.
Cleveland's UvU are a genuinely strange proposition: an avant-garde, post-metal act that refuses to play by genre rules since their 2018 formation, blending heavy metal weight with art-damaged experimentation in ways that mark them as one of the more intellectually curious bands in the Ohio metal underground. The playful name belies the music's considerable ambition.
Copenhagen's gore-splattered grindviolence outfit, a four-piece delivering punishing blast beats and low-end distorted sonic terrorism since 2014. Their 2024 album Som Fortjent represents the band's most single-minded and bludgeoning material, recorded at KB's Funhouse and mastered at Dead Rat Studio.
Thrash and death metal band from Osijek, Croatia, active since 2014 and delivering extreme metal from eastern Croatia's largest city. Their crossover of thrash and death metal brings aggressive intensity to the Slavonian metal scene.
Atmospheric black metal project from Thuringia, Germany, emerging in 2025 with an expansive approach to the genre. Their sound builds on the atmospheric black metal tradition with layered compositions that evoke the dense forests and ancient landscapes of central Germany.
Atmospheric black metal project from Bristol, England, active since 2022. Their sound blends the atmospheric tendencies of post-black metal with traditional black metal's intensity, contributing to Bristol's diverse extreme music scene.
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