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Formed in 2005 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, The Sorrow were one of Austria's most prominent melodic death/metalcore exports, signing to Drakkar Records and releasing their debut album "Blessings from a Blackened Sky" in 2007. The band released four studio albums, with their final record "Misery Escape" arriving in 2012, before announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2017 following a farewell performance.
The Soul Exile is a death/thrash metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2013 and evolving toward technical death metal. Their increasing technical precision reflects a band pushing the boundaries of extreme metal.
The Soulless from Bath deliver melodic death metal and metalcore devoid of spiritual warmth, channeling emptiness through aggressive melodicism since 2011. Over a decade from the Roman spa city has produced compositions as hollow and haunted as their name suggests.
The Spirit from Saarbrücken have earned wide recognition for their fierce blend of black and death metal, delivering melodically rich yet brutally aggressive compositions since 2018. Their critically acclaimed work has positioned them among the most exciting extreme metal acts to emerge from the Franco-German border region.
The Tombers is a black/death metal band from Novara, Italy, formed in 2016. They combine black metal atmosphere with death metal aggression in fierce extreme metal.
The Tombless from Kolding deliver death metal whose name evokes the horror of the unburied dead, channeling restless spirits through brutal compositions since 2017. Their sound carries the weight of unresolved mortality from the old Viking trading town in southern Jutland.
The Trauma from Ahlen in Westphalia unleash thrash and death metal with the visceral impact their name demands since 2022. Their aggressive sound channels the intensity of physical and psychological shock through relentless riffing and punishing rhythms.
The Trousers is a melodic death metal band from Loimaa, Finland, active since 2009. They play melodic death metal from the rural southwestern Finnish countryside.
The Truck Experience from Kiel deliver death metal with the unstoppable momentum of their vehicular namesake, grinding through the Schleswig-Holstein scene since 2018. Their Baltic coast base provides an unlikely setting for their juggernaut approach to brutality.
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