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Black/death metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2013. Their album Immure delivers nine tracks of extreme metal blending black, death, and thrash elements with dark themes of hatred, insanity, and spiritual corruption.
Thrash metal outfit from Piacenza, formed in 2014. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Finnish black/speed metal band from Raahe, formed in 2024. They deliver bleeding-fast black/speed metal from the Bothnian Bay coast.
Västerås-based melodic death metal act active since 2012, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
German death metal band from Stuttgart, formed in 2012. They deliver visceral death metal visions from Baden-Württemberg's capital.
Brutal death metal band from Andenne, Belgium, fronted by guitarist/vocalist Céline Mazay and drawing inspiration from Cannibal Corpse, Abnormality, and Dying Fetus. Their catalog spans from "The Rotten One" demo through full-lengths "Blood Reign" and "Homicidal Therapy," delivering relentless death metal with a savage live presence.
German sludge/doom metal band from Dresden, formed in 2019. They craft heavy, toxic sludge-doom from the Saxon capital, befitting their lead-heavy namesake.
Forged in 2021 from Norway, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Progressive death metal band from Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, active since 2014. Named after the mythological headless people of ancient lore, they explore complex compositional territory within the death metal framework.
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