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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Death/doom outfit from the United Kingdom, formed in 2021. Their music inhabits the oppressive space where death metal's aggression meets doom's suffocating weight.
Valdobbiadene (Treviso)-based melodic death/thrash metal act active since 2020, combining the aggression of both genres with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their sound bridges the gap between Gothenburg-style melody and thrash metal's riff-driven intensity.
Spanish technical death metal band from Madrid, formed in 2014. They deliver surgically precise technical death metal from the Spanish capital.
Progressive metal outfit from Ioannina, formed in 2015. Their work incorporates odd time signatures, extended instrumental passages, and dynamic contrasts that elevate their sound beyond standard metal fare.
Long-running thrash/death metal act from Campbon in western France, active since 2003. Over two decades they have honed a crossover sound blending thrash metal's velocity with death metal's heaviness.
Brain Tentacles is a Chicago-based experimental metal and jazz trio comprising Bruce Lamont (Bloodiest), Dave Witte (Publicist UK, Circle of Animals), and Aaron Dallison (Keelhaul), formed in 2013. Their self-titled debut album (2016) blends structured and improvised passages across noise rock, sludge, doom, jazz, and ambient territory in a manner critics compared to John Zorn's Naked City and Mike Patton's most experimental work. The group operates as a self-described 'sound adventure' project, prioritizing textural exploration over genre categorization.
Spanish thrash metal and crossover band from Lleida in Catalonia, formed in 2011. They play fast, punk-infused crossover thrash from the Catalan interior.
Death metal outfit from Glasgow, formed in 2022. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Parisian death/groove metal outfit formed in 2019, incorporating metalcore breakdowns into their dense, rhythmic attack. They represent the younger generation of the French extreme metal scene.
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