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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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French atmospheric/depressive black metal band from Nantes, formed in 2020. They channel the desolation of France's western forests into brooding, atmospheric black metal.
Forged in 2009 from Amstelveen, 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.
Bokassa is a Trondheim, Norway power trio formed in 2013 by Jørn Kaarstad, Lars Erik Andreassen, and Olav Dowkes, playing a self-described 'stonerpunk' fusion of hardcore, punk, and stoner rock. Their 2017 self-released debut Divide and Conquer gained immediate recognition in Norway, and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich declared them his favorite new band on his Beats 1 radio show in early 2018, leading to the band supporting Metallica on the WorldWired Tour across Europe in 2019. Subsequent albums Crimson Riders (2019), Molotov Rocktail (Napalm Records, 2021), and All Out of Dreams (Indie Recordings, 2024) expanded their international reach.
Lviv-based sludge metal act active since 2020, delivering corrosive, feedback-drenched heaviness that grinds forward with hostile intent. Their sound channels the genre's essential aggression through punishingly distorted guitar tones and abrasive vocals.
Black metal project from Moscow, emerging in 2017. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Russian origins.
Black metal band from Ghent, Belgium, formed in 2022, named after the legendary Limburgish gang of devil-worshipping robbers. The four-piece featuring Jeffrey Andreka, Niels Verbeke, Laurens Oostrom, and Wouter Lemmens has released material including "Silver Dust and Swords of Gold."
Spanish death metal band from A Coruña in Galicia, formed in 2012. They deliver brutal death metal from the Atlantic coast of northwestern Spain.
German death metal band from Oldenburg. They play crushing death metal from the North German flatlands of Lower Saxony.
Pula-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2002, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
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