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Melodic groove metal and metalcore band from Dedemsvaart, the Netherlands, active since 2020. Their sound combines groove metal's rhythmic power with metalcore's dynamic hooks and melodic sensibility.
Madrid-based death metal act rising from the Spanish capital's underground since 2021. Their sound embraces the morbid intensity and technical aggression that characterizes modern death metal.
French black metal project active since 2022, taking their name from the Dark Souls video game location. Their approach to black metal channels the dark fantasy aesthetic of their namesake through atmospheric extremity.
Horror-themed metal band from Burgos, Spain, blending doom, gothic rock, and melodic death metal with influences from Paradise Lost, Moonspell, and Dark Tranquillity. Featuring members from Mistweaver and Nasty Surgeons, their albums including Horror Tales channel horror cinema aesthetics through heavy, atmospheric metal.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2023, Undead Legion channel the aggression and crunch of classic thrash into a no-frills attack with a distinctly modern SoCal edge. Young but combative, they're another entry in the city's long tradition of street-level thrash.
Brutal death metal and goregrind band from Brescia, Italy, combining medical horror themes with extreme sonic violence since 2013. Their grotesque thematic content matches the punishing brutality of their goregrind-infused death metal.
Crossover and thrash metal band from Santo Stefano al Mare on the Italian Riviera, active since 2017. Their undead-themed crossover thrash brings high-speed aggression from the Ligurian coast.
Thrash metal band from Wroclaw, Poland, emerging in 2023 with a sound rooted in classic thrash aggression. Their Lower Silesian origins place them within one of Poland's most active metal communities.
Groove and thrash metal band from Zielona Gora, Poland, active since 2022. Their sound combines groove metal's rhythmic punch with thrash's aggressive speed.
Atlanta's Undead Viking Mafia began as a metalcore act and gradually shifted toward a rougher, groove-heavy Southern metal sound as the years went on — an evolution that suits their name's chaotic energy. Active since 2007, they occupy a peculiar and entertaining niche in Georgia's heavy music underground.
Doom and sludge metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2023 and channeling undead-themed heaviness. Their sound combines doom metal's glacial pace with sludge's abrasive textures from central Norway.
Death and thrash metal band from Korsor, Denmark, merging the velocity of thrash with death metal's brutality since 2019. Their Danish approach to the death-thrash crossover brings Scandinavian sensibility to a style rooted in extreme aggression.
Undecayed is a death metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, formed in 2008 and rooted in the 1990s American death metal tradition while adding their own Scandinavian touch. Their 2025 debut In Death's Image on Lethal Scissor Records features nine tracks with cover art by Jon Zig.
Progressive death metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2020 and exploring the boundaries between technical death metal and progressive composition. Their approach balances the brutality of death metal with the structural complexity and dynamic range of progressive metal.
Undeon is a progressive metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, with a discography that includes albums titled 0 and 1 alongside the EP Vipy. The project maintains an active presence across multiple platforms from Russia's cultural capital.
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