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Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Brutal death metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2006. With two decades of punishing extremity, Crepitation are veterans of the Manchester brutal death scene.
Death-doom metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2004. With two decades of activity, Crepuscule merge twilight atmospheres with death-doom weight from France's second city.
Progressive melodic death metal band from the Hanover/Gottingen area, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with melodic death metal's harmonies and aggression.
Death metal and symphonic metal band from Wattwil in the Toggenburg valley of Switzerland, formed in 2016. They merge the brutality of death metal with orchestral symphonic arrangements, creating an ambitious, cinematic sound.
Black metal project from Bratislava, formed in 2020. Cresset — an archaic word for a burning torch — channels raw black metal from the Slovak capital.
Blackened death metal band from Gjøvik in central Norway, active since 2004. Crest of Darkness has spent over two decades crafting sinister extreme metal from the shores of Lake Mjøsa.
Power metal act from Sliedrecht, South Holland, formed in 2020. Crestfall delivers soaring, melodic power metal from the Dutch river region.
Melodic death metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2019. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal shaped by the Mediterranean island's small but dedicated extreme metal scene.
Progressive doom-heavy metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend the crushing weight of doom with progressive complexity and classic heavy metal power.
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