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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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Swedish raw black metal project active since 2025, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
Since 2018, this Italian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Lamezia Terme (Catanzaro). Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Emerging in 2025 from Västerås, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Spanish melodic death metal band from Morales del Rey in Zamora, formed in 2016. They craft melodic death metal from the rural depths of Castile and León.
Drenthe-based black metal act active since 2016, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Dutch lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
Uncompromising death metal from Niedrzwica Duża, active since 2016. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
Emerging in 2020 from Kyiv, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Death metal band from Charleroi, Belgium, formed in 2020. They bring a fresh wave of death metal brutality from Belgium's industrial heartland.
Kikinda-based death metal act active since 2020, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
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