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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Black/death metal band from Athens, Greece active since 2014. They deliver fierce, uncompromising extreme metal from the Hellenic underground.
Black metal project from Finland active since 2013. They explore dark, atmospheric black metal from the Finnish underground.
Decidedly heavy and deliberately confrontational, this black metal act from Groningen traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2022, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
Crafting their sound since 2015, this Grevenmacher Black Metal, Death Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Their place within a growing underground metal community speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Russian black metal and depressive black metal act, active since 2023 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
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Atmospheric black metal band from Le Mans, France formed in 2020. They craft dark, immersive black metal from the Sarthe department.
Black/death metal act from Annaberg-Buchholz in Saxony's Erzgebirge mountains, Germany, delivering commanding extremity since 2021. Their name, meaning "eminence" in German, reflects the authoritative presence of their blackened death metal.
Black/thrash metal band from Metz, France active since 2002. They fuse black metal ferocity with thrash speed from the Lorraine region.
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