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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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German project from Berlin, formed in 2019, that evolved from dungeon synth origins toward death/doom metal. Their stylistic transformation from synthesizer atmospherics to crushing extreme metal represents a dramatic creative shift.
Spanish death metal and deathcore band from Tarragona, formed in 2014. They combine death metal brutality with deathcore breakdowns from the Catalan coast.
Punishing brutal death metal from Lisbon, formed in 2006. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Doom/sludge metal act from Treviso, formed in 2003. Their music lurches forward with deliberate, oppressive weight, burying the listener beneath layers of corroded guitar tone.
German deathcore and death metal band from Wuppertal, formed in 2013. They combine deathcore breakdowns with death metal brutality from the Bergisches Land.
Since 2009, this Slovenian thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Izola/Koper. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Black/thrash metal act from Bydgoszcz, formed in 2013. Their compositions hurtle forward at breakneck tempos, driven by the marriage of thrash's precision riffing and black metal's hostile atmosphere.
Death/thrash outfit from Utrecht Province, bridging two pillars of extreme metal. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Thrash/death metal band from Romanshorn, Switzerland, active since 2010. They deliver aggressive, high-velocity extreme metal from the shores of Lake Constance.
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