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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Death metal and grindcore band from Wales, formed in 2023. They deliver chaotic grinding extremity from the Welsh underground.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Schwyz, Switzerland, active since 2013. Their sound delivers ultra-low guttural vocals, slamming riffs, and blast-beat-driven brutality recorded at Sourmash Studios.
Brutal death-grindcore band from Strasbourg, France, active since 2013. They deliver punishing, abrasive extremity from the Alsatian capital.
Death metal and grindcore band from Aschaffenburg, Germany, formed in 2024. They deliver chaotic, abrasive extremity from the Franconian edge of Bavaria.
Melodic death-groove metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2012. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with heavy grooves from northern Finland.
Melodic death-doom metal band from Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge melancholic melodies with the crushing weight of death-doom from the Franconian heartland.
Gothenburg death metal project launched in 2024, adding to the city's seemingly inexhaustible wellspring of extreme metal. Their punishing approach continues the tradition that made Gothenburg a global death metal capital.
Death metal band from the Avignon/Marseille area of Provence, France, active since 2009. They deliver death metal from the sun-baked south of France.
Melodic death/groove metal act from the small Värmland town of Hagfors, formed in 2018 and weaving melody through rhythmic heaviness. Their blend of accessibility and aggression draws from both Scandinavian melodeath and modern groove metal.
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