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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Sharing (2022)
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The Seed of Singularity (2024)
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German black metal band from Niederwerrn, formed in 2019, with a discography including De Vermis Mysteriis, Catacomb Cult, and Devoted to HIM. Their occult-themed black metal draws from dark mysticism and ancient evil.
German power/heavy metal band from Pforzheim, formed in 2020. They craft anthemic power metal with heavy metal muscle from the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg.
French black metal band from Sept-Saints in Brittany, formed in 2022. They channel demonic black metal from the Celtic heartland of Brittany.
Norwegian melodic thrash metal act active since 2019, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Spanish stoner/sludge metal band from Formentera del Segura in Alicante province. They deliver heavy, fuzzed-out stoner-sludge from the Mediterranean coast.
Trondheim-based crossover thrash act active since 2023, smashing together thrash metal's riff-driven velocity with punk's stripped-down aggression and DIY ethos. Their short, sharp compositions hit with the impact of a circle pit in a phone booth.
German progressive black/death metal band formed in 2016. They push extreme metal boundaries through progressive structures woven into a black and death metal foundation.
Moscow-based groove metal/metalcore outfit active since 2013, combining crushing syncopated riffs with metalcore's dynamic song structures and breakdown-heavy approach. Their sound bridges pit-ready heaviness with modern extreme metal aggression.
Death/thrash metal band from Bellinzona, Switzerland, active for over two decades since 2004. Their 2025 farewell album "Fooc Selvadic" closes twenty-plus years of existence, performed in regional Swiss dialect with lyrics rooted in their Ticinese heritage.
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