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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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Brandenburg's Pavianass brings irreverent thrash metal to the eastern German flatlands since 2022. Their provocative name signals a band less interested in genre orthodoxy than in delivering high-energy, tongue-in-cheek aggression.
A grindcore-death metal hybrid from the Moravian town of Bystřice pod Hostýnem, Psychopathia has been grinding since 2018. Their brief, explosive compositions channel the genre's finest traditions — Carcass's medical horror meets Napalm Death's social fury.
Death metal and grindcore band from Kirov, Russia, formed in 2018, delivering pathological extremity from the Vyatka River city. They bring grinding death metal to the Russian northeast.
Brunswick's Psychophobia has been channeling melodic blackened death metal since 2019, blending Scandinavian melodicism with atmospheric black metal textures. Their Lower Saxon ducal-city base provides a historically rich setting for their darkly beautiful compositions.
Aachen's Psychoroll has been rolling through melodic death metal territory since 2019, adding rhythmic swagger to Gothenburg-style harmonies. Their western German border-city base places them at the crossroads of German, Belgian, and Dutch metal traditions.
Austrian death and sludge metal band from Braunau am Inn, formed in 2016, combining elements of grindcore and hardcore into their heavy sound. Their lineup features members connected to other regional acts including Ultrawurscht and Behind the Mask.
Brutal death metal band from Moscow and Saratov, Russia, formed in 2016, performing sonic lobotomies through devastating brutal death metal. They bring clinical precision to the Russian brutal death metal scene.
Death and thrash metal band from Venice, Italy, formed in 2015, dissecting extreme metal from the floating city. Their surgical name suits the precision of their death-thrash approach.
Leipzig's Psycrotted delivers death-thrash with the intensity befitting one of eastern Germany's most culturally vibrant cities. Their Saxon base connects them to a growing scene that has emerged from the shadow of reunification with renewed creative energy.
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