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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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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.
Two-piece technical death metal outfit from Lourdes, France, featuring Romain Berger on guitars and drum programming alongside Christine on bass. Their releases including Shred It 'Til You Make It showcase surgically precise riffing with a self-aware sense of humor.
Spanish technical death metal band from Madrid, formed in 2014. They deliver surgically precise technical death metal from the Spanish capital.
Technical death metal band from Cernay in Alsace, formed in 2017 by members of Tortured Soul and Perverted. Their self-titled debut blends brutal and technical death metal with black metal undercurrents across tracks like Modern Slavery and Educated By Fists.
Technical death metal and grindcore act from Kristiansand, southern Norway, active since 2012. Carnassial — named after the shearing teeth of predators — delivers precise, technically demanding extremity.
Technical death metal act from Amsterdam, active since 2013. Carnifloor combines intricate composition with death metal brutality from the Dutch capital.
Technical death metal band from Belgium, formed in 2023, blending intricate riffing with groovy slam passages. Their debut 'Validation Through Suffering' explores a sci-fi narrative of cosmic exploitation across eight compositions, produced by Christian Donaldson.
Technical death metal act from Norway, formed in 2023. Celestial Scourge brings punishing, technically demanding death metal to the Norwegian extreme scene.
Technical death-thrash metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend technical precision and complex arrangements with the speed and ferocity of death-thrash.
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