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Brutal death metal band from Narbonne in southern France, active since 2023 and delivering punishing extremity from the Languedoc coast. Their sound channels the genre's uncompromising aggression through raw, visceral compositions.
Death and thrash metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, channeling the crossover intensity of both genres since 2012. Their sound merges thrash metal's velocity with death metal's guttural ferocity, rooted in the aggressive traditions of the German metal scene.
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German black metal project active since 2016 with a prolific output spanning six releases including a split with Panopticon. Their catalog ranges from the early demo A Lesson in Basic Human Empathy through three numbered albums, showcasing steady artistic evolution.
Five-piece deathdoom outfit from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in the winter of 2012, blending death doom and black metal into crushing atmospheric darkness. Their discography includes a 2017 split LP with Whitehorse released through Berlin's Vendetta Records, mastered by renowned engineer James Plotkin.
Ur Tid is a one-man Swedish black/death metal project by Johan Sjoblom, co-founder of In My Embrace, drawing from the northern 1990s and 2000s Scandinavian scene with influences like Dissection, Immortal, and Satyricon. Their 2020 album Withering Dead Life was limited to 50 copies and explores themes of self-hate and misanthropy, closing with an Alice Cooper cover.
Urach is a Brazilian black/death metal act that emerged in 2022, releasing their debut "Obsessive Trypophobic Exhibisionism" that same year. They followed it with "Lust's Dark Feast" in 2024, continuing a raw and dissonant approach to extreme metal rooted in the South American underground tradition.
Hungarian black metal project from the small town of Tamasi, active since 2023. Their sound channels the isolation and darkness of rural Hungary through raw black metal compositions.
Doom and death metal band from Lyon, France, named after the sacred cobra symbol of ancient Egypt, active since 2016. Their sound combines the crushing weight of doom with death metal's aggression, channeled through ancient mythological themes.
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