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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Finnish death metal and grindcore band from Helsinki, formed in 2020. They deliver death-grind with irreverent energy from the Finnish capital.
Grindcore act from Vertemate con Minoprio (Como), formed in 2016. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
Porto grindcore veterans active since 1998, delivering blast-driven extremity from one of Portugal's most enduring underground scenes. Their longevity and consistency have made them a fixture of the Iberian grind circuit.
German brutal death metal and grindcore band from Stuttgart, formed in 2018. They deliver scalding blasts of brutal death-grind extremity.
German grindcore band from Görlitz on the Polish border, formed in 2021. They deliver short, explosive blasts of grinding extremity from Germany's easternmost city.
Pula-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2002, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
Death/thrash outfit from Lostwithiel, formed in 2019. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Szczecin-based grindcore outfit active since 2018, delivering ferocious blasts of fury that leave no room for conventional song structures. Their compositions compress maximum aggression into minimal running times.
Czech grindcore and crust punk band from Brno, formed in 2012. They deliver short, explosive bursts of grinding intensity married to crust punk's raw DIY ethos.
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