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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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Metalcore band from Peterborough with death metal and grindcore influences, active since 1999 and representing one of the longer-running acts in the UK's extreme metalcore scene. Their sound layers grinding extremity over metalcore's foundational framework.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Sant Cugat del Valles near Barcelona, formed in 2022 and blending multiple aggressive styles. Their versatile approach draws from the full spectrum of modern extreme metal.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels metalcore and thrash metal with a focus on breakneck tempos and razor-sharp riff attacks. Formed in 2009, based in Hengelo, every track is a masterclass in controlled chaos and kinetic energy.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Helsinki, active since 2012 and blending three aggressive styles across over a decade. Their Finnish name meaning "misery" or "wretchedness" captures the anguish underlying their melodic extremity.
Black metal and metalcore hybrid from Manchester, formed in 2020 and blending the atmospheric aggression of black metal with metalcore's dynamic shifts and breakdowns. Their sound navigates the intersection of these two disparate heavy music traditions.
Symphonic/folk/melodic death metal and metalcore band from Barcelona, active since 2012 and weaving an ambitious tapestry of four distinct metal subgenres. Their Finnish name meaning "cold" signals Nordic influence filtered through Catalan artistry.
Estonian groove metal/metalcore band from Tallinn that evolved from their early groove-heavy approach into melodic metalcore since forming in 2018. Their cold-referencing name fits their Nordic-influenced sound.
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