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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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Groove metal and metalcore band from Valencia, Spain, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with metalcore dynamics from the Mediterranean coast.
Metalcore band from Schleiz in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy breakdowns and dynamic songwriting from the forested hills of eastern Thuringia.
Groove-thrash-metalcore hybrid from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, active since 2014. Cosmogon delivers genre-crossing aggression from the country's second-largest city.
Metalcore band from the Stuttgart/Karlsruhe corridor, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver heavy breakdowns and melodic passages from Baden-Wurttemberg.
Metalcore outfit from Pordenone delivering tight breakdowns and aggressive vocal interplay since 2015. Their sound channels the intensity of modern metalcore with the raw energy of northeastern Italy's underground scene.
Gothic metalcore act from Oslo, formed in 2025. Crecended blends dark gothic atmospherics with metalcore intensity.
Groove metal and metalcore act from Craiova formed in 2016, fusing heavy rhythmic weight with aggressive breakdowns from Oltenia's capital. Their dual approach draws power from both groove metal's heft and metalcore's explosive intensity.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Moscow, active since 2014. CrimSun blends melodic hooks with modern extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Metalcore band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Crisis Never Ends are among the longest-running metalcore acts in the Swabian capital.
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