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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Rotten Scalp is a death metal act from Dobryanka, Russia, active since 2021. Their releases include a demo and the EP 'The Path Of Disease,' channeling raw and unpolished death metal aggression from the Perm region.
Rotten Sculpture is a death metal band from Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, formed in 2015. The band delivers crushing death metal from the Baltic Sea port city.
Rotten Seed is a death metal band from Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2020. The band channels death metal aggression from the Westphalian city known for its medieval history.
Rotten Soil is a death metal band from Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers punishing death metal from Germany's oldest city, founded by the Romans over two thousand years ago.
Rotten Teeth is a death metal band from Sweden, formed in 2021. Playing death'n'roll that blends death metal brutality with groove-influenced riffing, their album 'Dead And Buried' features guest vocals and was recorded at Blowtorch Sound.
Rotten Thorns is a death/groove metal band from Nyköping, Sweden, formed in 2022. Their demo 'Strike me down' showcases aggressive, fast-paced death metal with melodic guitar riffs and lyrics inspired by inner demons and personal conflicts.
Polish death metal band active since 2015. Their approach delivers death metal with a totemic, ritualistic edge.
Rotten Womb is a death metal band from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France, formed in 2024. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the Burgundian countryside.
Sereď death metal act launched in 2024, delivering brutal extremity from the Trnava region of western Slovakia. Their punishing approach channels old-school death metal traditions.
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