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One-man melodic death and black metal project from Brest, Belarus, created by Robert (Enotovich) in 2020 as a continuation of the earlier Aztaroth project. All guitar parts are recorded by a single person, resulting in releases like Insomnia and Winter Is Coming.
Brunswick's Ponthiever brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to Lower Saxony since 2022. Their Gothenburg-worship approach — harmonized leads over driving rhythms — finds a welcoming home in the historically significant ducal city.
Melodic death metal band from Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, active since 2005, delivering two decades of melodic death metal from the Povazie region. They are among the longest-running melodic death metal acts in Slovakia.
Alzira's Pron delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from the Valencian Ribera Alta since 2014. Their Júcar river valley setting provides an unlikely home for some of the region's most unrelenting sonic punishment.
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2021, painting vivid sonic portraits of suffering through melodic yet aggressive death metal. They bring emotional depth to the northern Finnish metal scene.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2015, blending Scandinavian melodic death metal with modern deathcore intensity. They bring dual-genre aggression to the Warsaw metal scene.
Babenhausen's Precipitation has been blending metalcore dynamics with melodic death metal's harmonic sophistication since 2012. Their Hessian small-town base breeds the kind of dedication required to sustain a genre-crossing vision over more than a decade.
Karlsruhe's Precvrsor has been forging blackened melodic death metal since 2019, their stylized name hinting at ancient or archaic influences. Their Baden base connects them to the southwestern German scene where technical ambition meets atmospheric depth.
Hailing from the small Belarusian city of Maladzyechna, Prevail has been forging melodic death metal since 2014. Their Gothenburg-influenced approach — soaring twin harmonies over aggressive rhythms — brings a touch of Swedish melodicism to the Belarusian underground.
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