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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Dysmorfic is an experimental grindcore band from Mantua, Italy, formed in 2000. One of the longer-running extreme acts in the Lombardy underground, the project pushes the boundaries of grindcore with experimental elements.
Dodfodd is an experimental black metal band from Borlange, Sweden, formed in 2000. One of the veteran experimental black metal acts from the Dalarna region.
Dodthorn is an experimental black metal and grindcore band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2025. The project pushes the boundaries of extreme music by fusing black metal with grindcore and experimental elements.
Black metal, death metal, and experimental act from London, England active since 2011. They push genre boundaries with avant-garde extremity from the British capital.
Experimental black metal project from London, England active since 2008. They push black metal into avant-garde territory from the British capital.
Experimental black metal band from Dijon, France active since 2005. They push black metal's boundaries with avant-garde experimentation from the heart of Burgundy.
Experimental heavy metal band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 2022. They push heavy metal boundaries from the Adriatic port city.
Experimental black metal project from Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, pushing the boundaries of the genre since 2014. Their approach takes black metal into uncharted territory through unconventional structures and avant-garde sonic exploration.
Experimental pagan metal project from Schlagenhofen, Germany, pushing the boundaries of folk-infused metal since 2011. Their name, meaning "ice work" in German, reflects a crafted, deliberate approach to fusing pagan themes with experimental metal.
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