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Zarin is a technical brutal death metal band from Vitebsk, Belarus, formed in 2016. Their debut album "When The Time Goeth Mad" (2016) is a ten-track, 42-minute display of punishing death metal that has earned praise from the underground community.
Zarrot is a death metal band from Bytów, Poland, formed in 2020. They deliver punishing death metal from the Pomeranian region of northern Poland.
Zasłon is a black metal band from Tambov, Russia, formed in 2021. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal from the Russian heartland.
Zatchla is a black/death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2015. Their debut "First Invocation" (2015) is a three-track EP of ritualistic extreme metal steeped in horror and necromantic themes.
Zatokrev is a doom/death/sludge metal band from Basel, Switzerland, formed in 2004. Their extensive discography includes critically regarded albums like "The Bat, The Wheel And A Long Road To Nowhere" and "Silk Spiders Underwater," and they remain active touring European festivals including Arctangent.
Zatrata is a death metal and crust punk band from Wrocław, Poland, formed in 2018. They combine the heaviness of death metal with the raw aggression and DIY ethos of crust punk.
Zatvor is a psychedelic sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Kursk, Russia, formed in 2018. They merge crushing heaviness with psychedelic exploration across the sludge, stoner, and doom spectrum.
Zatyr is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2020. They play classic heavy metal from one of the most legendary metal cities in the world.
Zavorash is a black/death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2017. They deliver savage blackened death metal from the heart of Sweden's capital.
Zawrat is a black metal band from England, formed in 2016. They channel raw, atmospheric black metal with a cold, uncompromising edge rooted in the European tradition.
Zaxaz is a black/thrash metal band from Szczecin, Poland, formed in 2024. They channel the aggressive energy of blackened thrash from the Baltic coast of Poland.
Zazas is a black metal band from Norway, formed in 2021. They channel the spirit of the storied Norwegian black metal tradition with raw, uncompromising compositions.
Zazozora is a doom metal band from Ockelbo, Sweden, formed in 2020. They craft slow, heavy doom metal from the forested heart of northern Sweden.
Zbor is a doom metal band from Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing, slow-paced doom metal rooted in the heavy, oppressive tradition of the genre.
Zdechły Anioł, whose name means "Dead Angel" in Polish, is a black/death metal band from Silesia, Poland, formed in 2025. They deliver savage blackened death metal from one of Poland's most prolific metal-producing regions.
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