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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Brutal death metal band from Enontekio in Finnish Lapland, active since 2010. They deliver extreme brutality from one of the most remote locations in the Finnish metal scene.
Slamming brutal death metal stalwarts from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2006 with a deep catalog spanning releases from Carnal Pleasures through 2018's When Push Comes To Shove. Their sound draws from brutal death metal, grindcore, and slamming beatdown, recorded at Germany's Kohlekeller Studio.
Brutal death metal band from Paris, France, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh, punishing brutality to the Parisian underground.
Brutal death-grindcore band from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, formed in 2015. They deliver punishing extremity from Northern Ireland.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity through a blend of brutal death and grinding chaos.
Brutal death-grindcore band from Liverpool, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver mechanized, grinding extremity from Merseyside.
Brutal death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2021. They deliver punishing extremity from Greece's second-largest city.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2018. They deliver slamming, punishing extremity from Scotland's largest city.
Brutal death metal band from Odense, Denmark, active since 2011. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Funen island.
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