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Since 2013, this Polish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Ryki. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
Broken Dreams was an internet-assembled Argentine deathcore and cybergrind project formed by guitarist and programmer Fernando González from Puerto Deseado and vocalist Andrés Leonardo Stork from Tigre, who collaborated remotely. The band released a Demo in 2012 featuring nine tracks of bruising deathcore and brutal electronic elements before eventually going dormant.
Italian metalcore act active since 2021, merging hardcore punk's confrontational energy with heavy metal's technical ambition. Their compositions trade between aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages with the dynamic range that defines the genre.
Melodic death metal outfit from Rhodes, formed in 2023. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
Death metal band from Ris-Orangis in the Essonne department south of Paris, active since 2009. A veteran of the Ile-de-France underground death metal scene with nearly fifteen years of activity.
Broken Hope is a Chicago, Illinois death metal band formed in 1988 by guitarist Jeremy Wagner while still in high school. Their debut Swamped in Gore (1991) was notable for being the first digitally recorded death metal full-length, and it secured the band a deal with Metal Blade Records, who released a run of albums including The Bowels of Repugnance (1993), Repulsive Conception (1995), Loathing (1997), and Grotesque Blessings (1999). The band reunited in 2012 with a new vocalist and have remained active, releasing material through Metal Blade.
German groove/thrash metal and metalcore band from Celle in Lower Saxony, formed in 2016. They combine groove and thrash metal aggression with metalcore breakdowns.
Spanish metalcore band from Oñati in the Basque Country, formed in 2019. They deliver aggressive metalcore from the mountainous Basque interior.
Melodic death metal outfit from Kyiv, formed in 2018. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.
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