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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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Vertikal I & II + Bonus & Demos (2023)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious (2022)
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Groove metal outfit from Kyiv, formed in 2011. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
German atmospheric black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2021. They channel atmospheric black metal through misty, folk-inflected textures.
UK death metal band from Guildford, known for their heavy, atmospheric approach to the genre. Their discography spanning the demo Amorte through albums Hallucinating in Resurrecture and Phobiate explores themes of mortality, bereavement, and loss through classic-sounding death metal in the vein of early Vader and Gorguts.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Moscow, active since 2008. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Doom/sludge metal act from Athens, formed in 2020. Their music lurches forward with deliberate, oppressive weight, burying the listener beneath layers of corroded guitar tone.
Thrash metal band from Ashford in Kent, active since 2015. They deliver aggressive, fast-paced thrash from the southeast English underground.
French death metal and grindcore band from Lyon, formed in 2013. They deliver serial-killer-themed death-grind from France's gastronomic capital.
Bio Terror are a black/thrash metal band from Chillán, Chile, operating in the tradition of South American necro metal with themes of anti-Christianity, destruction, and war. Their 2023 compilation "Blasfemia, Sodomia y Muerte," released on limited cassette through Spain's Profaner Records, gathered material from across the band's entire history alongside live recordings from a 2021 show in Talca.
Since 2012, this Greek thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Athens. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
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