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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Zombie Ritual is a death/black metal band from Porto, Portugal, formed in 2013. They deliver raw, old-school extreme metal channeling the classic spirit of early death and black metal.
Zombie Strippers from Hell is a melodic death metal band from Pszczyna, Poland, formed in 2016. Despite the tongue-in-cheek name, they deliver serious, technically proficient melodic death metal.
Zombiemoles is an experimental death metal and grindcore band from Košice, Slovakia, formed in 2005. Their two decades of activity have produced a unique blend of extreme metal experimentalism from eastern Slovakia.
Zombification is a brutal death metal band from Arcore near Milan, Italy. They deliver relentless, crushing brutal death metal from the Lombardy region's prolific extreme metal underground.
Zombofagus is a brutal death metal band from Larissa, Greece, formed in 2018. They channel relentless brutality through guttural vocals and crushing riffs, contributing to the growing Greek brutal death metal underground.
Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 2014. They carry on the proud tradition of Swedish melodic death metal from the northern city that has produced numerous metal acts.
Zoofagus is a technical death metal band from Poltava, Ukraine, founded in 1996. As one of the longest-running technical death metal acts in Ukraine, they bring decades of experience to their complex, punishing compositions.
Zoophobia is a thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Florange, France, formed in 2022. Their sound combines rapid-fire grindcore blasts with the heaviness of thrash and death metal in a volatile crossover assault.
Zora is a brutal death metal band from Vibo Valentia in Calabria, Italy, formed in 2004. As one of the longer-running extreme metal acts in southern Italy, they bring over two decades of punishing brutality to the Italian death metal scene.
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