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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
De Doorn (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
05/13 @ The Rust Belt, East Moline
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From Arkhangelsk in Russia, this death metal/hardcore/crust act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2015. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Heksen is a death/thrash metal band from Argelès-sur-Mer, France, formed in 2009. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Black/death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2020. Their name meaning 'Witchcraft' in Danish, they channel occult extremity from the capital's underground.
From Olsztyn in Poland, this melodic death metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2016. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Stoner doom metal project from Birmingham, the birthplace of heavy metal, active since 2022. Their witchy cocktail name adds levity to heavy, fuzz-laden compositions from the city that spawned the genre.
Helestios is a melodic death/groove metal band from London, United Kingdom, active since 2020 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Heavy thrash metal outfit from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, active since 2005. Two decades of biting aggression from the East Midlands have forged one of the region's most enduring thrash acts.
Atmospheric black/death metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, formed in 2021. Their atmospheric approach layers rich textures over extreme metal aggression from the North Sea coast of Jutland.
Helgen is a melodic death/black metal band from Saint-Étienne, France, formed in 2019. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
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