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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Post-metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2020 and crafting expansive, atmospheric compositions. Their sound builds from post-metal's foundation of dynamic contrasts and cinematic scope.
Black metal project from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, active since 2023. Their work channels the mountainous, border-region landscape of Friuli through atmospheric black metal.
Unworthy is a gothic metal project from the Lebork/Miastko area in northern Poland, launched in 2023. The act merges brooding gothic atmospheres with heavy metal weight.
Progressive metal band from the Netherlands, active since 2010 with over a decade of experience crafting complex compositions. Their sound explores progressive metal's expansive possibilities through technically ambitious songwriting.
Blackened grindcore, noise, and death metal project from Belfast, Northern Ireland, active since 2015 and evolving from early grindcore-noise toward blackened death metal. Their confrontational sound reflects Belfast's growing reputation for extreme metal.
Uoke is a one-man sludge/doom metal project from Chelyabinsk, Russia, self-described as 'doing filth singlehandedly' since 2021. The prolific project spans sludge, doom, brutal death metal, and hardcore across numerous releases including Nematode and a Crowbar cover.
Atmospheric and melodic black metal project from Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, taking listeners into a world full of melancholy and intensity since 2024. Their debut release Anxiety I captures the project's emotionally charged approach to post-black metal.
Upcast is a thrash/groove metal band from Moscow, Russia, delivering riff-driven metal with an aggressive edge since 2023. The project channels heavy, groove-laden thrash from the Russian capital.
Death metal and grindcore band from O Carballino in Galicia, Spain, delivering devastating extremity since 2013. Their sound combines the grinding blasts and brevity of grindcore with death metal's structural depth and guttural vocals.
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