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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Zagreb brutal death metal and grindcore outfit formed in 2014, delivering rapid-fire extremity from Croatia's capital. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal's brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
Naturectomy is a slam and brutal death metal band from the Basque Country, formed in 2023. The project brings punishing slam brutality to the Basque extreme metal underground.
Nauar is a black/death metal band from Pau, France, formed in 2018. Their music fuses the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the aggression of death metal in the tradition of the French extreme metal underground.
Wyszków melodic black/death metal act launched in 2024, weaving melodic sophistication through extreme metal's aggressive framework from the Masovian voivodeship. Their fusion approach channels the emotive range of both genres.
Poznań death/doom metal act formed in 2018, merging death metal's guttural extremity with doom's crushing weight from Wielkopolska's capital. Their fusion channels the heaviest traditions of both genres.
Death and groove metal act from the Dalmatian city of Sibenik formed in 2024, blending crushing heaviness with rhythmic power from Croatia's stunning Adriatic coastline. Their sound draws from both extreme and modern metal traditions.
Neaera is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Munster, signed to Metal Blade Records, hailed as kings of the German melodic death metal scene. Their eight-album discography from 'The Rising Tide of Oblivion' through 2024's 'All Is Dust' showcases towering vocal performances and riffs described as hitting like a natural force.
Wrocław progressive thrash/death metal act formed in 2021, pushing beyond conventional extreme metal boundaries through intricate compositions from Lower Silesia's capital. Their ambitious approach balances technical complexity with aggressive power.
Neandertaler Rulez is a death metal and grindcore band from Berlin, formed in 2022. The band's tongue-in-cheek prehistoric branding belies serious grinding extremity from the German capital.
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