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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Porto grindcore veterans active since 1998, delivering blast-driven extremity from one of Portugal's most enduring underground scenes. Their longevity and consistency have made them a fixture of the Iberian grind circuit.
Vriezenveen-based thrash metal act active since 2022, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Dutch filter.
Brutal death metal band from Chur, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They deliver uncompromising brutality from the oldest town in Switzerland.
Bodysnatcher emerged from the swamps of South Florida in 2014, delivering a brand of deathcore and beatdown hardcore so heavy it feels like being buried alive. Their albums 'This Heavy Void' and 'Bleed-Abide' pair guttural vocals with crushing slam riffs and breakdowns designed to level any room. The band has become a cornerstone of the modern deathcore underground, earning respect through sheer sonic violence.
Bodyweb formed in Leeds in 2022, growing from late-night jams between musicians already embedded in the UK hardcore scene into a project that bends hardcore into stranger, more electronically damaged shapes. The band's debut EP train_wreck_simulation introduced a frantic, unstable style: jagged breakdowns, nu-metal swing, glitching textures, and vocals that treat heaviness as emotional overload rather than simple aggression. The later deadwired EP expanded the lineup and sharpened the band's identity, folding breakbeats, synthetic noise, ambient passages, and crushing guitar sections into songs that feel both physical and disorienting. Bodyweb's writing often moves between claustrophobic heaviness and warped melodic fragments, giving their tracks the feeling of a nervous system pushed past capacity. Instead of using electronics as decoration, the band places them inside the architecture of the music, where samples, distorted textures, and rhythmic interruptions collide with live amps and drums. Their work sits in the space between hardcore catharsis, nu-metal unease, and digital-age anxiety.
Black metal project from the Netherlands, emerging in 2022. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Dutch origins.
Finnish symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2017. They pair orchestral bombast with black metal fury from the Finnish capital.
Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Mikkeli and Hirvensalmi, formed in 2015. They bridge classic heavy metal and hard rock from the eastern Finnish lake country.
Post-metal and post-rock band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2018. They craft expansive, atmospheric soundscapes that shift between delicate quietude and crushing heaviness.
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