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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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New England two-piece black metal act paying homage to frozen, raw second-wave black metal of the 1990s, with a stripped-down atmospheric approach rooted in Nordic tradition.
Cauterization is a blackened death metal trio from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil, consisting of Maysa Rodrigues on vocals and guitar, Wesley Moia on bass, and Mauro Trojillo Jr. on drums. The band released their debut EP Males Infestus in 2011, recorded at Oasis Studio in their home city; the release was later reissued on cassette by the Polish label Till You Fukkin Bleed (2012) and on CD by Morbid Syndicate (2013). A subsequent release, Id Katharsis, appeared in 2017 through the Brazilian label Cianeto.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from the Bavarian capital.
Seattle death metal band delivering crushing, riff-driven brutality rooted in classic death metal traditions, consistent with the Pacific Northwest's heritage of no-frills extreme metal.
Death metal band from Erfurt, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh brutality to the Thuringian metal underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Barcelona, Spain, emerging in 2025. They deliver abrasive, grinding extremity from the Catalan underground.
Melodic death metal band from Naestved, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They blend melodic sensibilities with death metal aggression from the southern Zealand city.
Auburn, New Hampshire traditional heavy metal band drawing from the classic early-1980s American metal and NWOBHM blueprint, emphasizing melody, power, and unadorned song craft.
The reunited Cavalera brothers, Max and Igor, channeling the primal groove metal and thrash ferocity of mid-era Sepultura into a project recalling the visceral, tribal heaviness of Arise and Chaos A.D.
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