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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Atmospheric black metal entity from Lviv, formed in 2013. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.
Punishing brutal death metal from Leigh-on-Sea, formed in 2013. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Thrash/black metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, active since 2013. They channel aggressive extreme metal from the Mediterranean island.
German death metal band from Augsburg, formed in 2013. They deliver bludgeoning death metal from the Swabian capital.
Punishing brutal death metal from Lytham St. Annes, formed in 2015. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Since 2012, this British thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Liverpool. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Welsh progressive metal four-piece from Newport fronted by actor Gareth David-Lloyd, active from 2007 to 2013. They released two full-length albums, Synesthesia and Seven Rages of Man, delivering tightly wound progressive metal with theatrical intensity.
Stoner metal act from Arbrå, formed in 2016. Their compositions ride low-slung grooves through clouds of distortion, evoking the sun-baked psychedelia of the desert rock tradition.
Czech death/thrash metal band from Prague, formed in 2014, featuring a four-piece lineup of vocals, guitar, bass, and drums. Their album Descent into Madness packs six tracks of relentless death-thrash with old-school crossover influences.
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