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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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Death metal act from Vila Nova de Santo André on Portugal's Alentejo coast, active since 2010. Canchroid has spent over a decade delivering crushing death metal from southern Portugal.
Death-groove act from Stavropol in the North Caucasus, formed in 2017. Cancroid channels rhythmically-driven extreme metal from southern Russia.
Brutal death metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Franconian wine country.
Melodic death metal band from Erftstadt, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with the aggression of the genre's heavier side.
Melodic death metal act from Västerås, formed in 2023. Candleblack brings the Gothenburg melodeath tradition to the Mälaren Valley.
Death-thrash metal band from Alzenau, Germany, active since 1998. With over 25 years of activity, Candra are seasoned veterans of the Franconian extreme metal scene.
Death-doom act from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast, formed in 2024. Canis Majoris — named after the constellation containing the Dog Star — channels cosmic doom from Poland's northern port city.
Death metal and grindcore band from Turku, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity from Finland's oldest city.
Death metal band from Hamburg, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh brutality to the Hanseatic city's long-standing metal tradition.
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