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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Progressive/doom/melodic death metal band from Irun, Spain, formed in 2023. Their ambitious fusion spans three subgenres, merging progressive complexity with doom weight and melodic death aggression from the Basque-French border.
Hairy Pussy is a thrash/death metal/grindcore band from Sosnowiec, Poland, formed in 2020. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
An established melodic black/death metal voice from Donetsk, contributing to Ukraine's underground since 2016. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound bridges the intensity of metalcore breakdowns with the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style death metal.
Sludge/gothic/death metal band from Palafolls, Spain, formed in 2023. Their genre-spanning approach blends sludge heaviness, gothic atmosphere, and death metal brutality from the Catalan coast.
Operating from Catania, this melodic death metal project has been shaping raw sound since 2012. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal act from Jyväskylä in Finland, active since 2017 and delivering devastating extremity. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Melodic blackened death metal act from northern Germany, active since 2019, spanning Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. Their sound merges the melodic sweep of Scandinavian death metal with blackened ferocity.
Melodic black/death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2015. Their atmospheric sound weaves melodic guitar leads through a foundation of black and death metal aggression from the capital of Baden-Wurttemberg.
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