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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Emerging in 2019 from Kostrzyn nad Odrą, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
Forged in 2016 from Amersfoort, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
Death metal outfit from Mantua, formed in 2024. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Slamming brutal death metal unit from Ried im Innkreis, Austria, formed in 2019. Their short, punishing tracks like "Consumed at Birth" trade in guttural vocals and crushing breakdowns typical of the slam underground.
Finnish melodic death/groove metal band from Kouvola, formed in 2020. They craft fallen melodic death metal with groove elements from the forests of southeastern Finland.
Groove metal outfit from Alexandroupoli, formed in 2015. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Moscow-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2012, 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.
French groove/death metal band from Yvelines near Paris, formed in 2016. They combine groove and death metal from the Île-de-France region.
Melodic death metal band from Herne, Belgium, active since 2013. They channel the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a Belgian lens.
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