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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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Black and speed metal band from Fano on the Adriatic coast of Italy, active since 2014. Their sound unleashes the feral energy of speed metal fused with black metal's darkness.
Unlife is a brutal death metal and deathcore act from Moscow, Russia, with releases including Portal and Demonstration of Chaos. The project delivers punishing extremity from Russia's capital city.
Heavy metal band from Lleida in Catalonia, Spain, delivering addictive, riff-driven traditional metal since 2015. Their name reflects their commitment to an unrelenting, high-energy approach to classic heavy metal.
Symphonic metal band from Vigo, Galicia, blending orchestral grandeur with heavy metal since 2019. Their sound layers symphonic arrangements and sweeping melodies over a foundation of powerful metal instrumentation.
Dutch black metal band active since 1997 with over a quarter century of underground activity. Their long-running presence makes them one of the most enduring forces in the Netherlands' black metal scene.
Thrash, groove, and death metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2018. Their multi-genre approach combines the speed of thrash with groove metal's rhythmic power and death metal's brutality.
Death and sludge metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, emerging in 2025 with a sound that deconstructs heavy music through the lens of death metal's brutality and sludge's crushing weight. Their Glaswegian origins place them within Scotland's increasingly vital extreme metal scene.
Thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in 1993 by members of the dissolved group Milícia Armada, with a lineup of Reinaldo Leal (vocals/guitar), Luiz Gustavo Cruz (guitar), Elcio Pineschi (drums), and Denner Campolina (bass). After a thirteen-year hiatus, they resumed activity and appeared on the underground compilation Garage Voices alongside Freaks?, Scars Souls, and Go Ahead!, all connected to Rio's Garage Art Cult venue.
One-man black metal project from West Flanders, Belgium, reflecting resentment towards the herd and focusing on individual strength and wisdom. The 2019 debut album Scorn delivers eight tracks of philosophically charged black metal exploring individualism, nature, and existential critique.
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