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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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Necrus is a death/thrash metal band from Lipetsk, Russia, active since 2019. They deliver aggressive extremity from this Black Earth region steel city.
Necrutero is a black/death/thrash metal band from Brescia, Italy, active since 2013. They unleash a relentless triple-genre attack from this major Lombardy industrial city.
Gävle heavy/death metal act formed in 2016, blending the melodic power of heavy metal with death metal's aggressive edge from central Sweden. Their dual approach draws from both traditions.
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Dutch black/death metal project formed in 2013, whose name blends 'Neder' (Dutch/lower) with 'haat' (hate), channeling extreme darkness through a distinctly Dutch lens. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Needless is a black/death/thrash metal band from Dánszentmiklós, Hungary, active since 2015. They unleash triple-genre extremity from this small village on the Great Hungarian Plain.
Nefalem is a melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2021. Named after the angel-demon hybrids from the Diablo universe, they blend melodic sensibility with death metal aggression.
Nefarious Vermin is a crust punk/death metal band from Postojna, Slovenia, formed in 2020. The band fuses the raw energy of crust punk with death metal's extremity from the karst region of southwestern Slovenia.
Warsaw melodic death/black metal project launched in 2024, weaving melodic sophistication through extreme metal's aggressive framework from Poland's capital. Their fusion approach channels the emotive range of both genres.
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