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The Blessing Way is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2018. They weave gothic atmospheres and dark romanticism into melodic death metal structures with emotional depth.
Death metal/deathcore band from Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, The Blood Mile formed in 2008 and were active until 2012. Their sound merged melodic death metal structures with raw hardcore-influenced breakdowns, drawing comparisons to The Black Dahlia Murder.
The Body Farm from London deliver brutal and technical death metal named after the forensic anthropology facilities where human decomposition is studied since 2010. Over fifteen years of clinically brutal compositions from the British capital has established them as a force in the UK death metal underground.
The Body Snatcher is a gothic/death metal band from Hämeenlinna, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend gothic atmosphere with death metal's aggression.
The Borealist is a deathcore band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2020. They deliver punishing deathcore from eastern Finland.
The Brood from London deliver a caustic blend of death metal, grindcore, and punk since 2014. Over a decade of parasitic compositions — named after Cronenberg's body-horror film — has produced chaotic, genre-defying extremity.
The Burning from Aarhus have been delivering a potent fusion of groove, death, and thrash metal since 2007, making them one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in Denmark's second city. Nearly two decades of output have cemented their reputation for riff-heavy, genre-blending aggression.
The Burning Dogma from Bologna blend gothic metal with melodic death metal since 2010. Over fifteen years of heresy-consuming compositions from the Emilian university city — where the oldest university in the Western world resides.
The Candles Burning Blue is a death metal turned atmospheric gothic rock band from Lohja, Finland, formed in 2023. Their stylistic evolution traces a journey from extremity to atmospheric beauty.
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