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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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Experimental black metal project from Tubingen, Germany, formed in 2023. They push black metal into unconventional territories through avant-garde approaches and sonic experimentation.
Experimental death metal band from Vignacourt in Picardy, France, formed in 2023. They push death metal into unconventional territory through avant-garde sonic exploration.
Experimental black metal project from the ancient city of Suzdal in Vladimir Oblast, active since 2015. Cage of Creation pushes black metal into avant-garde territory from one of Russia's Golden Ring cities.
Experimental doom and stoner metal band from Huddersfield, England, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Camel of Doom push doom metal boundaries through avant-garde approaches.
Experimental black metal project from Smallingerland in Friesland, formed in 2022. Caput Mortuum — an alchemical term for 'dead head' — pushes black metal into avant-garde territory.
Experimental doom-sludge band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2021. They push doom and sludge into unconventional territory through avant-garde approaches.
Experimental death metal band from Reading, England, formed in 2014. They push death metal boundaries through unconventional approaches.
Experimental drone-death metal band from Gueberschwihr in Alsace, France, active since 2012. Chaos Echoes push death metal into avant-garde territory through drone and experimental approaches.
Experimental avant-garde death metal band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2015. They push death metal into unconventional territory through quirky, boundary-defying sonic exploration.
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