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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
Sharing (2022)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
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Finnish melodic doom/gothic metal band formed in 2023. They blend melodic doom with gothic metal's dark romanticism.
Finnish melodic death metal band from Ylivieska, formed in 2013. They craft dusk-tinged melodic death metal from the Ostrobothnian interior.
Groove metal outfit from Kyiv, formed in 2020. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
England-based deathcore act active since 2026, 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.
Czech death metal band from Česká Třebová, formed in 2010. They deliver straightforward, punishing death metal drawn from the genre's classic blueprints.
Groove metal outfit from Ufa, formed in 2015. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
German melodic death metal band from Oldenburg, formed in 2017. They craft accessible yet aggressive melodic death metal from the North German plains.
Spanish thrash metal and metalcore band from Tarragona, formed in 2022. They break the silence with aggressive thrash-infused metalcore from Catalonia.
Since 2025, this British heavy metal act has kept the flame of traditional metal burning from Guilford. Their sound is built on the genre's bedrock: powerful riffs, commanding vocals, and unwavering commitment.
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