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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Russian death metal band from Krasnodar, active since 2003 and representing over two decades of extreme metal commitment. Their long-running career marks them as veterans of the southern Russian metal scene.
Romanian melodic death metal band from Bucharest, active since 2005 and one of the longer-running Romanian extreme acts. Their two decades of melodeath commitment mark them as veterans of the Bucharest metal scene.
Italian death/doom metal band from Turin, newly formed in 2025 and merging death metal brutality with doom's crushing pace. Their name, meaning 'the deer,' brings natural imagery to their heavy sound.
Spanish brutal death metal act from Balenyo, unleashing punishing extremity since 2017. Their sound channels the genre's most visceral elements through relentless blast beats and guttural vocals.
Spanish death metal/grindcore band from Ferrol, merging death metal's heaviness with grindcore's velocity since 2016. Their approach delivers short, savage bursts of extremity rooted in the Galician underground.
Austrian death/thrash/groove metal outfit from Trofaiach, forging a volatile blend of aggression and groove since 2011. Their sound draws from the crossover space where thrash intensity meets death metal heaviness with groove-laden rhythms.
Portuguese death metal/deathcore band from Braga, delivering crushing extremity since 2017. Their Manson-family-referencing name channels dark, provocative themes through heavy Portuguese metal.
German atmospheric deathcore project from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2022, layering ambient textures over crushing deathcore foundations. Their sound balances ethereal atmospherics with the genre's signature heaviness and breakdowns.
Dutch death metal band from Eindhoven, formed in 2022. Named after a geological intrusion, their sound channels the volcanic, subterranean intensity of their death metal approach.
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