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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Zuckerburger is a death metal and deathcore band from Batiovo, Ukraine, formed in 2024. They deliver bone-crushing heaviness from the Transcarpathian region of western Ukraine.
Zuldar is a melodic death metal band from the Basque Country of Spain, formed in 2018. They deliver Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with an intensity rooted in their Basque metal underground origins.
Zurkulet is a death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2019. They deliver heavy, unrelenting death metal from the heart of the Hungarian capital's underground metal scene.
Zuul is a death metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2010. They have released two albums, "Out of Time" (2010) and "To The Frontlines" (2014), delivering crushing death metal with an unwavering commitment to heaviness.
Zwaan is an experimental black/death metal project from Ottersum, Netherlands, formed in 2022. Their self-titled EP (2022) features six tracks of atmospheric extreme metal, with the German motto "Ich träume davon das Ich fliegen kann" (I dream that I can fly).
Zweihander is a melodic death metal band from Gävle, Sweden, formed in 2012. Named after the massive two-handed sword, they deliver sharp, powerful melodic death metal in the Swedish tradition.
ZX Spectrum is a death 'n' roll band from Jūrmala, Latvia, formed in 2022. Named after the iconic 1980s home computer, they deliver a groovy, rock-inflected take on death metal.
Zyanide is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Zofingen, Switzerland, formed in 2012. Their album "Tactics of Death" delivers nine tracks of aggressive thrash metal with death metal underpinnings, showcasing the band's raw approach to extreme music.
Zyclotron is a death metal and metalcore band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2013. They deliver a punishing hybrid of brutal death metal breakdowns and metalcore intensity drawn from the fertile northern German heavy music scene.
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