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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Moscow-based doom metal act active since 2015, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Moscow-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2019, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
Since 2012, this Russian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Smolensk. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Stoner doom act from Poznań, formed in 2011. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Self-described "Farmgrind" trio from Tyrol, Austria, blending goregrind and death metal with absurdist agricultural humor under the motto "Von Bauern für Bauern." Their 2018 debut "Zombie Cows from Outer Space" packs 18 tracks of comedic extreme metal with farming-themed chaos.
German black/thrash metal band from Leipzig, active since 2010. They wield a savage blend of black metal's raw fury and thrash metal's headbanging speed.
Roermond-based doom/sludge outfit active since 2009, dragging their compositions through a swamp of distortion, feedback, and crushing tempos. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection where doom metal's patience meets sludge's confrontational aggression.
Brutal slamming death metal band based in Hasselt, Belgium, active since 2019 with vocalist Dakota Rivera. Their releases from "Demo 2019" through "Fist Fucking the Cadaver" deliver unrelenting brutal death metal with slam and deathgrind elements.
Vršac-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2020, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
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