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Ungraved is a melodic death metal band from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2006 with releases including the Nova VVorld and A Life Elder. The project represents one of Siberia's longest-running melodic death metal acts.
Drone and doom metal band from Liverpool, England, evolving from earlier sludge-doom toward a more drone-focused approach since 2018. Their sonic evolution reflects a deepening commitment to the slowest, heaviest extremes of metal.
Raw black metal and punk crossover project from the UK, active since 2007, blending black metal's atmospheric darkness with punk's DIY ethos. Their nearly two-decade history marks them as veterans of the British extreme metal underground.
Ungula is a sludge/doom metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, built on an unconventional foundation of two distorted basses and mad synths played by their six-member collective. The project's experimental approach to sludge and doom sets them apart from the traditional guitar-driven template.
Death metal and metalcore hybrid from Graz, Austria, active since 2011 across the Deutschlandsberg, Stainz, and Graz region. Their catalog includes the releases Failed Utopia, Eternal, and No Gods No Heroes, merging crushing death metal heaviness with hardcore intensity.
Unhallow is a Stockholm-based melodic death metal band featuring Robert Senneback of Dismember and Joakim Sterner of Necrophobic, creating atmospheric, somber, and dark doom-inflected death metal. Their 2022 demo Daemonum offers two tracks from a planned ten-song output, described as filling a gap left by influential Swedish bands of decades past.
Austrian black metal act forging passionate second-wave black metal since 2021, with their debut Awaken The Black Flame released in 2023 through Folter Records. Recorded in 2022 and mixed by Marcin Rybicki at Left Hand Sounds, the album delivers six tracks of crisp, atmospheric black metal praised for its authentic approach.
Munich-based melodic death metal band formed in 2019, reduced to two members during the pandemic who spent two years crafting their 2022 debut Edge of Existence. The eight-track album delivers 33 minutes of intense melodic death metal, and the duo is currently developing their second record.
Three-piece brutal death metal and deathcore unit from Dusseldorf, Germany, incorporating slam and technical death metal elements into their punishing sound. Their 2024 debut Of Spectres and Strife features nine tracks mixed and mastered by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Recordings with artwork by Kaja Kumor.
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