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Texas black/death outfit Clawhammer Coven deliver occult-tinged extreme metal rooted in the state's long tradition of underground ferocity. Their material is raw and ritualistic, steeped in darkness and disdain for polish.
Clawn is a brutal death metal band from Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. The band released two albums — "Deathless Beauty of the Silence" and "The Great Excuse to Domination," the latter recorded at SA Studio in Botucatu and widely praised as one of the finest Brazilian brutal death metal releases. The band received coverage from Whiplash.net, which called the album among the best of its genre produced in Brazil.
Death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver crushing death metal from the eastern Finnish frontier.
Groove metal band from Dublin, formed in 2022. Clay Pigeon deals in heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves rooted in the Dublin metal underground.
Death metal band from Aanekoski, Finland, formed in 2018. They channel death metal aggression from the central Finnish countryside.
Melodic death-power metal and metalcore band from Mering near Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend melodic guitar harmonies with power metal energy and metalcore intensity.
Swedish heavy metal act formed in 2022, carrying forward the timeless traditions of classic metal riffing. Their approach channels the foundational energy of heavy metal's golden era.
Gothic blackened death metal act from the Bergen suburb of Hjellestad, formed in 2023. Claymords blends dark atmospherics with extreme metal from western Norway.
Fort Smith, Arkansas heavy metal act Claymore carry on the classic tradition with no-nonsense riffing and a blue-collar approach to the genre. Their sound evokes the no-frills power of American heavy metal's formative years.
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