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The Atrocity Exhibit from Northampton deliver grindcore and death metal named after J.G. Ballard's experimental novel since 2010. Over fifteen years of literary-inspired extremity from the Midlands shoe-capital has channeled avant-garde fiction through relentless blast beats.
The Banned is a black/death/heavy metal/punk band from Schleswig, Germany, active since 2000. They blend influences from across the extreme metal spectrum with punk's raw energy.
The Bearded Ones is a melodic death metal band from Neuruppin, Germany, formed in 2015. They play melodic death metal with dynamic vocal contrasts.
The Beast Within is a technical death metal and deathcore band from Szeged, Hungary, formed in 2016. They combine technical precision with brutal heaviness and breakdown-driven aggression.
Death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria whose name lifts from Frank Herbert's Dune and signals a fondness for literary and conceptual frameworks within extreme metal. Their album Human Inadequacy (2015) is among their documented releases, available through their Bandcamp page alongside the track 'Behelit,' a title referencing Kentaro Miura's manga Berserk. The band operates in Sofia's underground death metal scene, combining blunt heaviness with an interest in mythology and speculative fiction.
The Betrayed Kingdom is a death/doom metal band from Győr, Hungary, formed in 2022. They craft dark, oppressive metal that blends the weight of doom with death metal's ferocity.
The Black Enigma from Novara deliver technical death and thrash metal since 2025. Their Piedmontese base channels mysterious darkness through technically demanding extreme metal.
The Black Stymphalian from Darlington craft progressive thrash and death metal named after the man-eating bronze-beaked birds of Greek mythology since 2010. Over fifteen years of compositions from County Durham have channeled Herculean myth through technically demanding extreme metal.
The Bleedout is a deathcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing deathcore from the Finnish capital.
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