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HU · 2020–present · active
Hungarian death metal, deathcore, and technical death metal act, active since 2020 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in a scene that bridges Western and Eastern European extremity, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
PL · 2018–present · active
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this death metal and grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 2018, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Gothenburg, SE · 2015–present · active
Gothenburg, Sweden — death metal and melodic death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2015, they deal in punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Kyiv, UA · 2024–present · active
Straddling the line between brutal death metal and death metal, this Ukrainian actfrom Kyiv fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2024, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Heilbronn, DE · 2017–present · active
Blackened death metal act from the Kunzelsau/Ohringen area of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, later based in Heilbronn, active since 2017. Their German name, meaning "de-spirited," captures the soul-stripping ferocity of their blackened death metal.
Geneva, CH · 2018–present · active
Death metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, channeling the thrill of being consumed by sonic devastation since 2018. Their name captures the essence of their sound: total submission to the chaos and fury of death metal.
Cambridge, GB · 2013–present · active
Cambridge-based death metal and melodic death metal act, active since 2013 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Rome, IT · 2010–present · active
When Enthralment emerged in 2010 from Rome, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Helsinki, FI · 2016–present · active
Symphonic melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2016, with orchestral arrangements by Mika Lumijarvi. Their EP Since Time Immemorial (2019) was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.

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