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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death/doom outfit from Setúbal, formed in 1998. Their music inhabits the oppressive space where death metal's aggression meets doom's suffocating weight.
Bratislava-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2012, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Uncompromising death metal from Hvaler/Fredrikstad/Halden, active since 2015. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
Death metal outfit from Reykjanesbær, formed in 2018. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Old-school death metal studio project from England, formed in 2024 by ex-All Consumed members Darren McGillivray, Mike Tingle, and Rob Thomas. They reunite veteran musicians to deliver traditional death metal with the weight of experience.
Uncompromising death metal from Vladivostok, active since 2009. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
UK death metal band formed in 2020, blending slam, death metal, punk, and raw aesthetics. Their demo EP and tracks like Burn the Witch deliver aggressive, DIY-spirited extremity with a punk-infused edge.
German slam/brutal death metal and deathcore band from Cologne, formed in 2012. They specialize in extreme, deliberately provocative brutal death metal with slam breakdowns.
Palermo-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2019, delivering relentless blastbeat-driven punishment and guttural vocal extremity. Their compositions trade in the genre's heaviest currency: slamming breakdowns, inhuman vocals, and wall-to-wall brutality.
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