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Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Melodic and progressive death metal band originally from Judenburg, Austria, active since 2016. Their work including the concept EP 'Crimson Gaze' features rhythm-pulsating sound bodies, detailed melodies, and technically demanding instrumentation.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from the Vienna and Lower Austria region, newly formed in 2025. They fuse the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style melodeath with the crushing breakdowns and modern aggression of deathcore.
Folk-infused melodic blackened death metal act from Rovenky in the Luhansk region, active since 2015. Cruel Truth channels Ukrainian folk elements through extreme metal from the war-affected Donbas region.
Melodic black-death metal band from Parainen, Finland, formed in 2019. They weave melancholic melodies through blackened death metal from the Finnish archipelago.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Azov near Rostov-on-Don, active since 2014. CryAgain delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Don River region.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2018. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Finnish lake district.
Melodic death-heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with classic heavy metal hooks.
Melodic death metal band from Solothurn, Switzerland, formed in 2020. They blend the aggression of death metal with melodic guitar harmonies and dynamic song structures.
Melodic death metal band from Ahtari, Finland, active since 2010. They craft cold, melodic death metal from the rural Finnish heartland.
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