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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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Melodic death/groove metal band from Tampere, active since 2011 and delivering over a decade of groove-laden melodeath from Finland's second city. Their corporate-sounding name contrasts with the aggressive energy of their music.
Active in Kropyvnytskyi since 2017, this Ukrainian act forges Death Metal, Groove Metal, and Thrash Metal built on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal with a focus on microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Formed in 2010, based in Sala, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Death/groove metal/metalcore band from Aachen, active since 2009 and blending multiple heavy styles into a versatile sonic assault. Their long tenure on Germany's western border has produced a battle-tested live act.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, active since 2000 and representing a quarter-century of Finnish melodeath from central Finland. Their longevity makes them one of the most enduring melodic death metal acts in the region.
Black/death metal/grindcore band from Lahti, formed in 2017 and merging three extreme styles into a chaotic blend. Their clan-like name suggests a tribal, collective approach to sonic violence.
Death/thrash metal and metalcore hybrid from Hamburg and Kiel, active since 2009 and blending old-school aggression with modern dynamics. Their dual-city roots reflect the interconnected northern German metal underground.
Firmly rooted in death metal, this Dutch actfrom Veghel/Oss delivers HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition without compromise. They've been at it since 2010, and their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Death metal and metalcore band from Thessaloniki, active since 2013 and bridging the brutality of death metal with metalcore's dynamic structures. Their sound merges guttural extremity with the compositional range of modern heavy music.
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