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Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Czech black/death metal band from Slany with folk influences, merging extreme metal with traditional elements since 2019. Named after the literary character representing apathy, their approach channels Slavic lethargy through darkened metal.
Melodic death metal act from Tuscania in the province of Viterbo, active since 2017. Their Etruscan-country origins in rural Lazio give their Gothenburg-influenced melodeath a distinctly Italian sense of drama.
German death/thrash metal band from Remscheid, active since 2004 and delivering two decades of aggression. Their confrontational name matches the punishing, in-your-face character of their death-thrash assault.
Leeds-based Obnoxious Concoction lives up to their name with a revolting brew of old-school death metal that revels in filth and brutality. Their riff-heavy approach channels the gutbucket heaviness of early Autopsy and Bolt Thrower.
Amsterdam black/death metal act formed in 2020, contributing to the Dutch capital's diverse metal underground. Their approach merges black metal's atmospheric hostility with death metal's rhythmic precision in a city better known for its tolerance than its extremity.
Oldenburg death metal act delivering unfiltered brutality since 2012, part of Lower Saxony's resilient extreme metal underground. Over a decade of output has established their commitment to uncompromising death metal.
Lahti death metal project formed in 2024, among the newest additions to Finland's legendary death metal lineage. Early output channels the same subterranean heaviness that put Finnish death metal on the global map decades ago.
French death metal/grindcore/hardcore act formed in 2020, operating at the intersection of three extreme styles. Their output blends death metal's technical weight with grindcore's brevity and hardcore's confrontational stance.
Stassfurt death metal act from Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2013. Over a decade of output from this small salt-mining town has produced a steady catalog of aggressive, uncompromising death metal.
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