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Burying Existence is a blackened death metal band from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, formed in 2023. The band operates out of one of Brazil's most geographically isolated major cities in the Amazon region and has released tracks including "Stigma," "The Sick of the Ages," and "Illusion" via their Bandcamp page.
Punishing brutal death metal from Vilnius, formed in 2020. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Babimost-based black metal act active since 2016, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Polish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Infamous one-man black metal and ambient project of Varg Vikernes, originating from Bergen in 1991 and central to the early Norwegian black metal scene. The first five albums, recorded between 1992 and 1996, are considered foundational texts of the genre, blending hypnotic repetition with raw atmosphere and later exploring dark ambient terrain.
Athens-based doom metal act active since 2014, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
German black metal and ambient project from Munich, formed in 2023. They merge black metal fury with ambient atmospherics from Bavaria's cultural capital.
London's Bush rode the grunge wave to massive commercial success in the mid-1990s, with Gavin Rossdale's brooding vocals and the band's heavy, radio-friendly alternative rock on 'Sixteen Stone' and 'Razorblade Suitcase' selling millions of copies worldwide. Though more popular in America than their native UK, Bush's string of hit singles including 'Glycerine,' 'Machinehead,' and 'Swallowed' made them one of the decade's defining rock acts.
German stoner rock and metal band from Darmstadt, active since 2006. With two decades of fuzzy, riff-heavy output, they are a veteran presence in the Hessian stoner scene.
Bushido is a traditional heavy metal band from Belén de Escobar in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, featuring vocalist Boris Bargas, guitarists Ian Undery and Andrés Mata Suárez, bassist Federico Fahsbender, and drummer Ezequiel Castro. The band released their self-titled Bushido EP in 2018, a three-track recording produced at FDM Studios, showcasing their commitment to classic heavy metal style.
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