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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Black/death metal act from the Hohenlohe region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, delivering savage extremity since 2009. Their ice-themed name reflects the cold, unforgiving character of their fusion of black and death metal.
Gothic/black/death metal act from the Thuringian Forest towns of Tambach-Dietharz and Bad Tabarz, Germany, merging multiple extreme and dark metal styles since 2022. Their name, meaning "ice rain," evokes the harsh, unforgiving weather of their central German mountain home.
Black/death metal and grindcore act from Munster, Germany, delivering venomous, three-genre extremity since 2015. Their name, meaning "pus" in German, captures the toxic, infectious quality of their sonic assault.
Death metal and melodic death metal band from Compiegne, France active since 2015. They deliver aggressive yet melodically rich death metal from the Picardy region.
Death/thrash metal band from France, active since 2014. They deliver fierce, riff-driven extreme metal from the French underground.
Death metal and progressive metal band from Tours, France active since 2015. They blend technical complexity with death metal brutality from the Loire Valley.
Doom/death/black metal project from Rakovnik, Czech Republic, weaving together three of extreme metal's darkest threads since 2021. Their medically abbreviated name belies a sound that is anything but clinical in its raw, oppressive heaviness.
Part of Portugal's intimate but fiercely devoted metal community, this act channels black metal and death metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2023, based in Lisbon, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.
Death metal act from Denmark, delivering guttural extremity since 2006. Their eclipse-referencing name evokes the darkening of light that characterizes their approach to Scandinavian death metal.
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