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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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Spanish symphonic black metal band from Huelva, formed in 2013. They pair orchestral grandiosity with black metal ferocity from the Atlantic coast of Andalusia.
Death/thrash outfit from Utrecht Province, bridging two pillars of extreme metal. Their sound channels the raw energy of 1980s thrash through death metal's heavier lens, pairing aggressive vocals with riff-centric compositions.
Melodic black metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2017. Layers of orchestration and twin-guitar harmonies elevate their compositions beyond standard black metal into more expansive territory.
Benevento-based deathcore act active since 2022, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with metalcore's breakdown-heavy dynamics and modern production aesthetics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Trondheim-based melodic black/death metal act active since 2018, threading sweeping melodies through a framework of extreme metal aggression. Their sound occupies the intersection where tremolo-picked black metal atmospherics meet death metal's guttural weight.
Finnish symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2017. They pair orchestral bombast with black metal fury from the Finnish capital.
Spanish deathcore band from Madrid, formed in 2011, whose sound evolved from technical deathcore toward symphonic deathcore. Their stylistic shift reflects an increasingly epic and orchestral approach to extremity.
Spanish symphonic death metal band from Toledo, formed in 2022. They layer Egyptian-themed symphonic grandeur over death metal from the ancient Castilian city.
Kazan-based symphonic death metal act active since 2017, augmenting their extreme metal foundation with orchestral arrangements and cinematic scope. Their music pairs death metal's visceral aggression with lush keyboard orchestration and epic compositional ambition.
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