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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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German melodic death metal band from Warburg, active since 2000. With two-and-a-half decades of melodic death metal, they are one of the most seasoned acts in the Westphalian extreme metal scene.
German melodic death metal band from Regensburg, active since 2007. They bring nearly two decades of refined melodic death metal to the Bavarian underground.
Spanish death metal band from Bilbao, active since 2005. With two decades of output, they are a cornerstone of the Basque death metal scene.
Borås-based doom metal act active since 2020, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Death metal and grindcore band from Zofingen, Switzerland, active since 2017. They pair death metal's heaviness with grindcore's blasting intensity.
Zwolle-based melodic death metal act active since 2010, threading harmonized guitar leads and memorable hooks through aggressive, double-bass-driven arrangements. Their approach balances accessibility with genuine heaviness, drawing from the Gothenburg tradition.
Death and black metal act from Nieuwpoort, Belgium, active since 2015. They bring the coastal West Flanders town a dose of extreme metal ferocity.
Forged in 2023 from Athens, this act occupies the war-torn borderland between black and death metal. Their material draws equally from both traditions, pairing atmospheric bleakness with gut-churning heaviness.
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