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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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Varberg-based groove metal act active since 2012, anchoring their sound in mid-tempo, syncopated riffing designed to generate maximum physical impact. Their chunky, headbang-inducing compositions channel the spirit of Pantera and Lamb of God.
Bleed for Me are a Buenos Aires black/doom metal band who have been active, under various interruptions, since the early 2000s, releasing a self-titled album, "The End...", and the full-length "Reborn" in 2017. Their music dwells on themes of sadness, pain, and despair, rendered through slow, crushing doom riffs layered with black metal atmospherics. The band has remained independent throughout their career.
Glasgow's Bleed From Within have steadily climbed from the Scottish underground to become one of Europe's premier metalcore acts, with albums 'Fracture' and 'Shrine' showcasing devastating technicality and groove-laden heaviness. Their relentless work ethic and crushing live performances have earned them slots on Download Festival's main stage and tours alongside Parkway Drive and Architects.
Serbian post-metal act active since 2025, building patient, dynamic compositions that arc from whispered ambient passages to walls of crushing distortion. Their sound draws from the tradition of Neurosis and Isis, prioritizing atmosphere and emotional narrative.
Spanish death metal and grindcore band from Ponferrada in León province, formed in 2016. They deliver bleeding death-grind from the mountainous El Bierzo region.
German thrash metal band from Henstedt-Ulzburg near Hamburg, formed in 2015. They deliver fast, punishing thrash metal from the Hamburg metropolitan area.
Brutal death metal band from Lida, Belarus, active since 2012. They deliver pulverizing brutal death metal from the western Belarusian town.
Bleeding is a death metal band from São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, listed on Metal Archives as an independent, now split-up act. The band was part of the underground death metal scene of Brazil's interior São Paulo state, operating without major label support during their active years.
Spanish metalcore band from Córdoba, formed in 2025. They bring fresh metalcore energy to the Andalusian underground.
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