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Osby, SE · 2003–present · active
Death metal band from Osby in Skåne, active since 2003. Carneus has spent over two decades delivering death metal from southern Sweden's countryside.
Kitee, FI · 2013–present · active
Black-death metal band from Kitee in North Karelia, Finland, active since 2013. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the remote Finnish lakeland.
Lisbon, PT · 2024–present · active
Death metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Carnificina — Latin for 'butchery' — brings fresh brutality to the Portuguese capital's extreme scene.
Velenje, SI · 2016–present · active
Death metal act from Velenje, Slovenia, active since 2016. Carnifliate channels extreme metal from the former coal-mining city in the Šalek Valley.
Amsterdam, NL · 2013–present · active
Technical death metal act from Amsterdam, active since 2013. Carnifloor combines intricate composition with death metal brutality from the Dutch capital.
Splitska, HR · 2016–present · active
Blackened death-thrash outfit from Splitska, Croatia, formed in 2016. Carnilo delivers a volatile mix of blast beats, tremolo riffs, and thrash aggression.
FR · 1995–present · active
Carnival in Coal formed in Amiens, France in 1995, conceived by vocalist Arno Strobl and multi-instrumentalist Axel Wursthorn as a collision of Mr. Bungle-style avant-garde absurdism and the brute force of death and black metal. The band signed to Season of Mist and later Earache's Elitist sublabel, releasing records including Viva La Vida (1999), French Cancan (1999), Fear Not Carnival in Coal, and Collection Prestige (2005). They disbanded in 2007 and briefly revived the project in 2014.
Belgrade, RS · 2015–present · active
Belgrade symphonic black metal act formed in 2015, weaving orchestral grandeur through extreme metal ferocity from Serbia's capital. Their cinematic approach channels the drama and darkness of symphonic black metal's most ambitious expressions.
Birmingham, GB · 2013–present · active
Thrash metal band from Birmingham, England, active since 2013. They deliver aggressive thrash from the birthplace of heavy metal.

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