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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)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
05/13 @ The Rust Belt, East Moline
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Hollow Corp. is a sludge/thrash/death metal band from Colmar, France, formed in 2008. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Hollow Seasons is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Tromsø, Norway, active since 2020 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Symphonic deathcore band from Bilbao, Spain, formed in 2024. Their ambitious fusion layers orchestral grandeur over deathcore brutality from the Basque industrial capital.
Born in the crushing underground of Szentes, this progressive death metal act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2017. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Melodic death metal newcomers from Diepenbeek, Belgium, formed in 2025. Emerging from the same Limburg scene that produced Hemelbestormer, they bring fresh melodic death metal energy to the Belgian heavy music landscape.
A thunderous brutal death metal/deathcore entity from Finland, active since 2024. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Estepona, Spain, active since 2000. A quarter century of gore-drenched extremity from the Costa del Sol makes them one of Spain's most enduring grind acts.
Cold death/doom metal emanating from Prešov, active since 2018 within Slovakia's metal scene. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
An uncompromising thrash/death metal act from the hungarian underground, active since 2021. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
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