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Zombiemoles is an experimental death metal and grindcore band from Košice, Slovakia, formed in 2005. Their two decades of activity have produced a unique blend of extreme metal experimentalism from eastern Slovakia.
Zombification is a brutal death metal band from Arcore near Milan, Italy. They deliver relentless, crushing brutal death metal from the Lombardy region's prolific extreme metal underground.
Zombofagus is a brutal death metal band from Larissa, Greece, formed in 2018. They channel relentless brutality through guttural vocals and crushing riffs, contributing to the growing Greek brutal death metal underground.
Zona Abissal was a power and thrash metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, whose roots date back to the 1980s with original members including Alberto Carvalho on bass and vocals and Dennis Carvalho on guitar. The band released a self-titled album in 1988 recorded at Estudio Livre in Salvador and followed it with the more thrash-oriented demo Kill and Die in 1993 before eventually splitting up.
Zona de Guerra is a heavy metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2021 with lyrical themes centered on war. The band released the EP Devastação Bestial as an early statement of their aggressive, riff-driven approach to traditional heavy metal.
Zonal is a UK industrial dub and noise project formed in 2017 by The Bug's Kevin Martin and Godflesh's Justin Broadrick as a reformation of their 1990s collaborative outfit Techno Animal. The duo debuted with Wrecked in early 2020 on Relapse Records, a record made in collaboration with Philadelphia poet and performer Moor Mother, fusing crushing industrial textures with dub bass weight and confrontational spoken word. The project premiered live at the Unsound festival in 2017 and performed at Roadburn in 2018 before committing the collaboration to record. Wrecked stands as one of the more uncompromising industrial releases of its era.
Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 2014. They carry on the proud tradition of Swedish melodic death metal from the northern city that has produced numerous metal acts.
Zonderhoof is a stoner/doom metal trio from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2006. Their instrumental sound features crushing riffs with unexpected twists, drawing comparisons to Keelhaul, Capricorns, and Neurosis, with releases including their self-titled EP (2007) and "Hakken!" (2011).
Zone Zero is a heavy metal band from Djurås, Sweden, formed in 2001. They play traditional heavy metal with decades of dedication to the classic sound.
Zoo is a heavy metal band from Lucca, Italy, formed in 2014. They play classic heavy metal drawn from the long tradition of Italian heavy music.
Zoofagus is a technical death metal band from Poltava, Ukraine, founded in 1996. As one of the longest-running technical death metal acts in Ukraine, they bring decades of experience to their complex, punishing compositions.
Zoophobia is a thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Florange, France, formed in 2022. Their sound combines rapid-fire grindcore blasts with the heaviness of thrash and death metal in a volatile crossover assault.
Zophrenia is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Strömsund, Sweden, formed in 2016. They fuse sweeping symphonic arrangements with melodic black metal from the remote reaches of northern Sweden.
Zora is a brutal death metal band from Vibo Valentia in Calabria, Italy, formed in 2004. As one of the longer-running extreme metal acts in southern Italy, they bring over two decades of punishing brutality to the Italian death metal scene.
Zorglüb is an industrial black metal band from Reims, France. They fuse the cold aggression of black metal with electronic and industrial textures, creating an abrasive, mechanized take on extreme metal.
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