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Fuck Love (2018)
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Paper Tiger (2025)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Grindcore band from London, formed in 2024. They deliver chaotic, politically charged grinding fury from the English capital.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Oldenburg, Germany, formed in 2016. They combine the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with modern metalcore breakdowns and dynamics.
San Diego death metal act formed in 2021, carving out a sound rooted in brutality and deliberate, riff-centered songwriting.
San Francisco death/grind unit grinding out compact, savage blasts where grindcore's brevity and punk fury collide with death metal's guttural weight.
Denton doom and drone project born in 2025, weaving slow, hypnotic tones into extended meditations on weight and desolation.
Blackened crust punk band from London, formed in 2019. They fuse black metal darkness with crust punk's raw fury.
Carttada is a speed/heavy metal and hard rock band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, born from a project that evolved into its current form by the early 2020s. The band is signed to the label RTR Records and released their debut album "Recharged" in January 2022, recorded and produced by guitarist Aly Fioren at Funds House Studio in Curitiba. Comparisons to Motörhead have followed the band in the Brazilian press.
Thrash metal band from Seinajoki, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Progressive death metal act from the Częstochowa and Rybnik area, formed in 2017. Carura — named after a creature from Japanese mythology — blends technical death metal with progressive ambition.
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