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Death/thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, active since 2013. Their long-running project combines death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed from Helsinki's neighboring city.
Athens thrash/death metal act active since 2013, part of the Greek capital's diverse extreme metal underground. Over a decade they have delivered a punishing blend of thrash velocity and death metal weight.
Helsinki melodic death/groove metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending three modern metal styles into an accessible but aggressive whole. A decade in Finland's capital has given them access to one of the country's most active metal communities.
Madrid death metal act formed in 2019, contributing to the Spanish capital's growing death metal underground. Their industrial-sounding name -- referencing oxy-fuel cutting -- matches the mechanical precision of their death metal approach.
Milan melodic death metal act active since 2013, part of Lombardy's capital's extensive metal community. Over a decade they have developed a style grounded in the Gothenburg melodeath tradition with Italian dramatic flair.
A 2025 German black metal project, Pyrphoros — Greek for 'fire-bearer' — channels Promethean themes through tremolo-driven compositions. Their classical name suggests an intellectual underpinning to their raw sonic aggression.
Melodic death metal band from England, formed in 2023, delivering hook-laden melodic death metal rooted in the Scandinavian tradition. They bring fresh melodic aggression to the British metal scene.
From the southern Bulgarian city of Haskovo, Project Grey has been crafting cold black metal since 2015. Their releases explore themes of aberration and existential decay through raw tremolo passages and hypnotic repetition rooted in the Eastern European underground tradition.
Black and death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2025, whose absurdist culinary name belies the seriousness of their extreme metal. They bring irreverent humor to the Polish underground.
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