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Warsaw, PL · 2022–present · active
Black and death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2022, practicing dark arts through blackened death metal from the Polish capital. They channel occult malevolence through extreme metal.
Prešov, SK · 2008–present · active
Brutal death metal band from Presov, Slovakia, active since 2008, delivering nearly two decades of crushing brutality from eastern Slovakia. They are stalwarts of the Slovak brutal death metal scene.
Hunedoara, RO · 2025–present · active
Brutal death metal band from Hunedoara, Romania, formed in 2025, bringing fresh brutality from the Transylvanian industrial heartland. They represent the newest wave of Romanian extreme metal.
Silves, PT · 2005–present · active
Death metal band from Silves, Portugal, active since 2005, whose name means 'Black Plague' in Portuguese. Two decades of pestilent death metal from the Algarve mark them as veterans.
Athens, GR · 2013–present · active
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2013, delivering unrelenting death metal from the Greek capital. Over a decade of activity marks them as a committed force in the Athenian underground.
Stockholm, SE · 2023–present · active
Blanes's Phrymerial has been pushing technical and brutal deathcore to its limits since 2016, combining death metal's weight with deathcore's rhythmic complexity. Their Costa Brava setting provides an unlikely home for some of Spain's most technically demanding extreme music.
Jönköping, SE · 2014–present · active
Bilbao's Phthisis — named after the archaic term for tuberculosis — has been spreading death metal contagion since 2021. Their Basque Country base connects them to a regional extreme metal scene that punches well above its weight.
Liège, BE · 2006–present · active
Progressive technical death metal band from Liège, Belgium, formed in 2004 and signed to Debemur Morti Productions. Their work blends intricate rhythms with atmospheric elements, culminating in sci-fi concept releases like Defeat of the Nemesis that have drawn comparisons to Obscura and Pestilence.
Paris, FR · 2021–present · active
Black and death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2021, delivering pestilent extremity from the French capital. They bring diseased blackened death metal to the Parisian underground.

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