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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)
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Wielding brutal death metal and death metal as their weapon, this Polish outfit from Kętrzyn has been refining their craft since 2025. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with punishing consistency.
When Kings Will Fall emerged in 2015 from Sarentino (Bolzano), they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and thrash metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Technical death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, active since 2009 with their earliest recordings captured at Shabby Road Studios in Belfast. Their approach combines death metal's ferocity with technical precision and intricate compositional structures.
Death metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2021 with a Finnish name meaning "chest" or "coffin." Their sepulchral name captures the burial-ground atmosphere of their northern Finnish death metal.
Death metal band from Grenoble in the French Alps, formed in 2021 and channeling brutal extremity from the mountain city. Their Mayan death-god name adds ancient Mesoamerican mythology to their Alpine death metal.
Death/sludge metal project from Finland, formed in 2020 with a Finnish name meaning "jaws" or "throat." Their visceral name matches the raw, devouring intensity of their death-sludge hybrid.
When Kittens of the Corn emerged in 2024 from Murmansk, they brought with them a sound rooted in brutal death metal and death metal — all punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Progressive/melodic death metal and shred band from Bordeaux, active since 2012 and delivering technically virtuosic compositions. Their over-a-decade output combines progressive ambition with fretboard pyrotechnics.
Melodic black/doom/death metal band from the Aschaffenburg/Wurzburg area of Bavaria, active since 2008 and weaving three distinct metal styles into dark, atmospheric compositions. Their multi-genre approach creates a rich tapestry of melodic extremity and crushing weight.
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