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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Spanish thrash metal band from Tui in Galicia, active since 2009. They deliver fast, explosive thrash metal from the Portuguese-Spanish border town.
Spanish heavy/thrash metal band from Pola de Lena in Asturias, formed in 2012. They blast open heavy and thrash metal from the mountainous heart of northern Spain.
Crushing Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Death-grind act from Poznań, formed in 2012. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
Spanish heavy metal band from Irun on the French-Spanish border, formed in 2016. They deliver shockwave heavy metal from the Basque Country's gateway to France.
Finnish death metal band from Salo, active since 2009. They deliver blasting death metal from the southwestern Finnish town.
German death metal and grindcore band from Cologne, formed in 2024. They blast through death metal and grindcore with frenzied intensity from the Rhineland.
Death/groove metal band from Nottingham, active since 2015. They deliver heavy, rhythmic death metal infused with groove-driven momentum.
Rotterdam-based death metal act active since 2004, 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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