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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Heavy metal outfit from Granada in Andalusia, newly formed in 2025. Their straightforward name declares allegiance to traditional metal from a city renowned for Moorish architecture and flamenco.
Human Nihility is a brutal death metal band from Luhansk, Ukraine, formed in 2015. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Based in Sicily, this black/death metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2022. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Paris-based heavy metal act active since 2019. Their celestial name suits compositions that shine with the melodic brilliance of classic European heavy metal from the French capital.
Death metal outfit from Fürstenfeld, Austria, active since 2014. Their brutal approach to the genre draws on old-school European death metal traditions, delivering punishing riffs and guttural vocals from the Styrian underground.
Brutal death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2013. Their merciless approach to death metal channels the most punishing traditions of the genre from the Saxon cultural capital.
Death metal band from Trier, Germany, active since 1996. With nearly three decades of experience, they are among the most seasoned death metal acts in the Rhineland-Palatinate scene.
Human Sacrifice is a melodic death metal band from Mula, Spain, active since 2014 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Hailing from Järvenpää in Finland, this melodic death/thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2017. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
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