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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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22 bands found
Groove metal and metalcore band from Kolomna, Russia, formed in 2019, delivering rhythmically driven aggression from the Moscow Oblast. They bring modern metal intensity to the Russian scene.
Metalcore band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2020, delivering heavy breakdowns and intense energy from the Russian capital. They bring modern metal aggression to Moscow's diverse heavy music community.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2022, blending heavy grooves with metalcore intensity from the Polish capital. They bring modern aggression to Warsaw's active metal community.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Bolzano, Italy, formed in 2020, blending Scandinavian melodic death metal with modern metalcore from the alpine South Tyrol region. They bridge Italian and Germanic metal traditions.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Germany, formed in 2024, channeling wrath through the combination of melodic death metal precision and metalcore intensity. Their name, evoking a path of anger, signals the emotional force behind their music.
Named after Captain Ahab's doomed vessel, Munich's Pequod has been pursuing its white whale of thrash-metalcore fusion since 2011. Their Bavarian capital base gives them access to one of southern Germany's most vibrant live music infrastructures.
Metalcore and thrash metal band from Horsens, Denmark, formed in 2020, fusing the intensity of thrash metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of metalcore. They bring modern aggression to the Danish metal scene.
Groove metal and metalcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2025, delivering heavy grooves and breakdowns from the French capital. They bring modern aggression to the Parisian metal scene.
Metalcore band from Apeldoorn, Netherlands, formed in 2016, whose Greek-derived name means both medicine and poison. They deliver potent metalcore from the Gelderland region.
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