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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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Deathcore band from Athens, Greece emerging in 2025. Winds of Desolation delivers crushing breakdowns and guttural intensity from the Greek capital's growing extreme metal scene.
Progressive deathcore and djent band from Yvelines, France formed in 2020. Worship the Useless fuses progressive complexity and djent's polyrhythmic precision with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.
Deathcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England active since 2014. Wrath of Akhlys delivers punishing breakdowns and guttural vocals from the northeast of England.
xArmadylGodswordx is a slam/brutal deathcore band from Ede, Netherlands, formed in 2017 and self-described as "Heavy As Fuck Runeslam." Their band name and track titles reference the MMORPG RuneScape, fusing gaming culture with crushingly heavy slam riffs and brutal deathcore breakdowns in a uniquely irreverent way.
XisForEyes is a progressive black/death metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2013. Their releases including "Convoluted Enlightenment" and "Absolute Corporeal Besmirchment" blend symphonic elements with progressive black and death metal into dense, technically accomplished compositions.
Zmey Gorynich is a folk metal/deathcore band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2013. Named after the three-headed dragon of Slavic mythology, they deliver a self-described "buffoonish Folk Metal Opera" that combines traditional Russian instruments like gusli, balalaika, and domra with heavy metal in an outrageously theatrical style.
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.
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