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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Finnish death/doom metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2021. They deliver sewer-dwelling death-doom from the Finnish capital.
French thrash metal band from Uzès in Languedoc, formed in 2025. They deliver blood-shedding thrash from the ancient ducal city of southern France.
Death metal outfit from Kildare, formed in 2022. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Black metal project from Sweden, emerging in 2021. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.
Lipetsk-based groove metal act active since 2025, anchoring their sound in mid-tempo, syncopated riffing designed to generate maximum physical impact. Their chunky, headbang-inducing compositions channel the spirit of Pantera and Lamb of God.
German doom metal band from Bielefeld, formed in 2022. They craft spectral doom metal from the Teutoburg Forest region of Westphalia.
German metalcore band from Münster, formed in 2019. They deliver hard-hitting metalcore with punishing breakdowns from the Westphalian university city.
Finnish speed metal band formed in 2011. They play fast, sport-like speed metal with relentless energy.
Heavy metal band from Linz, Austria, active since 2009. They deliver a straightforward heavy metal assault honed over more than a decade in the Upper Austrian scene.
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