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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Turku melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending Finnish melodeath traditions with modern metalcore energy. Over a decade they have developed a style that honors Finland's melodic death metal legacy while embracing contemporary heaviness.
Belarusian death metal/metalcore band from Vitebsk, burying hope in extreme metal aggression since 2010. Their name captures the despair and darkness at the core of their aggressive sound.
Dessau-Rosslau melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2021, combining Gothenburg-style melodies with hardcore breakdowns. Their Saxony-Anhalt base places them in a region where extreme metal scenes are small but dedicated.
Czech metalcore band from Vodnany, active since 2010 and combining hardcore aggression with metal technicality. Their approach channels metalcore's dynamic intensity from southern Bohemia.
Belgian metalcore band from Rochefort, combining hardcore aggression with metal technicality since 2021. Their name signals the urgent, time-constrained intensity of their metalcore approach.
Madrid melodic death metal/metalcore act with roots reaching back to 2009, making them one of the Spanish capital's longer-running modern extreme acts. Their blend of Gothenburg-style melody with metalcore structure has evolved considerably over fifteen years.
Groove metal, metalcore, and hardcore band from Krasnogorsk near Moscow, active since 2013. Their dystopian name frames aggressive modern metal with a sociopolitical edge.
Gothic, alternative metal/rock, and metalcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2009. Their long-running project blends gothic atmosphere with metalcore dynamics and alternative accessibility.
Danish metalcore project formed in 2016, contributing to Denmark's growing modern metal scene. Their approach pairs hardcore aggression with metal's structural ambition in a style that has found increasing traction in Scandinavian venues.
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