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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Thrash and death metal band from Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany, active since 2005 with a sound rooted in aggressive, riff-heavy extremity. Their long tenure in the German metal underground reflects a commitment to uncompromising thrash and death metal.
Melodic death metal band from Brescia in Lombardy, Italy, active since 2018. Their sound channels the Scandinavian melodeath tradition through Italian craftsmanship and melodic sensibility.
Anonymous black metal project from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, operating under the deliberately enigmatic moniker Unknown Artist since 2017. Their mysterious approach extends the black metal tradition of obscured identity into the project's very name and artistic presentation.
Heavy metal band from Bolton in Greater Manchester, England, active since 2020. Their sound offers refuge in the power and melody of traditional heavy metal from the Lancashire town.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Bolzano in the South Tyrol region of Italy, active since 2017. Their German-language name meaning 'weeds' and bilingual Tyrolean setting bring a unique cultural edge to their crossover thrash.
Death metal band from Cesena in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, emerging in 2023 with a sound rooted in the genre's destructive core. Their approach embraces death metal's primal aggression.
Unleash the Archers formed in late 2007 in Victoria, British Columbia, founded by vocalist Brittney Slayes and drummer Scott Buchanan while attending the University of Victoria. The band plays a high-octane blend of power metal and traditional heavy metal, distinguished by Slayes's commanding soprano range, and built international recognition through six studio albums on Napalm Records. Abyss (2020) earned a JUNO Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year, and Apex (2017) further established them as one of Canada's leading heavy metal exports.
Unleash Thy Mayhem is a five-piece deathcore outfit from Krakow, Poland, delivering crushing beatdown-infused death metal. Their 2013 self-titled debut was recorded at Scissor Sound Solutions Studio with producer Marcin Szczurek.
Unleashed is a legendary Swedish death metal band from Kungsangen near Stockholm, led by vocalist and bassist Johnny Hedlund with drummer Anders Schultz, and guitarists Tomas Masgard and Fredrik Folkare. Their 2025 album Fire Upon Your Lands on Napalm Records continues a career spanning decades of Viking-themed death metal.
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