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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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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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Lublin-based death metal and thrash metal act, active since 2018 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Death metal band from Kangasniemi, Finland active since 2007. They deliver raw death metal from rural eastern Finland.
Death metal act from Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, delivering visceral extremity since 2010. Their name evokes the aftermath of violence, capturing the raw, graphic intensity of their death metal.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this death metal and progressive metal act from Utrecht traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2013, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
Death/thrash metal band from Tomblaine near Nancy, France with origins dating to 1992. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Lorraine region.
A product of a scene with deep roots in the former Czechoslovak underground, this Michalovce-based death metal and thrash metal act channels punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Active since 2007, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Death metal act from Aarhus, Denmark, delivering punishing Scandinavian extremity since 2005. Their Latin name, meaning "from death," captures the genre's core obsession with mortality and decay.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this Kraków-based black metal, death metal, and doom metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2014, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.
Saint Petersburg-based death metal, melodic death metal, and power metal act delivering punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Rooted in Russia's vast and intense metal underground, primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
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