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Burgos, ES · 2024–present · active
Death/thrash metal band from Burgos, Spain that emerged in 2024. They bring fierce crossover aggression to the Castilian metal underground.
Kyiv, UA · 2010–present · active
Part of Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community, this act channels black metal, death metal, and doom metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2010, based in Kyiv, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Balingen, DE · 2018–present · active
Thrash/death metal act from Balingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, delivering relentless, high-speed extremity since 2018. Their gaming-inspired name suggests a final, ultimate level of aggressive intensity.
Kyiv, UA · 2012–present · active
When Endocranial emerged in 2012 from Kyiv, they brought with them a sound rooted in brutal death metal and death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Meschede, DE · 2016–present · active
Brutal death metal act from the Meschede/Arnsberg/Recklinghausen area of Germany's Sauerland region, delivering medically themed extremity since 2016. Their clinical name reflects a surgical approach to the genre's most punishing and visceral forms.
Upper Austria, AT · 2022–present · active
Austrian doom/death metal project from Upper Austria forging epic, crushing compositions since 2022, blending funeral-paced doom with death metal ferocity. Their catalog includes a collaboration with Daniel Droste of AHAB, underscoring their deep roots in the international doom scene.
Heinola, FI · 2020–present · active
Death metal band from Heinola, Finland formed in 2020. They deliver parasitic death metal brutality from the Finnish Lakeland.
Greifswald, DE · 2023–present · active
Death metal and deathcore act from the Baltic university city of Greifswald, Germany, formed in 2023. Their approach merges death metal's guttural ferocity with deathcore's rhythmic breakdowns from northeastern Germany.
Opwijk, BE · 2010–present · active
Death/doom metal act from Opwijk, Belgium, merging the crushing slowness of doom with death metal's guttural ferocity since 2010. Their long-running commitment to the genre reflects deep roots in Belgium's extreme metal underground.

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