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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Trial By Fire (2023)
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Polish brutal death metal and death metal act, active since 2025 delivering suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Rooted in the country that produced Behemoth and Vader, each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Death metal act from Louny in northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2024, unearthing crushing heaviness from one of the country's smaller metal communities. Their approach channels the raw energy of emerging death metal acts.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2024, based in Messina, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Death metal act from Naters in Switzerland's German-speaking Valais region, delivering guttural extremity since 2019. Their Alpine setting provides stark contrast to the crushing, low-end heaviness of their death metal sound.
Death/black metal band from the Black Sea port city of Burgas, Bulgaria, merging two of extreme metal's most ferocious subgenres since 2012. Their coastal origins add a distinctive edge to their blend of death and black metal fury.
Death metal project with roots in Minsk, Belarus, later relocating to Brussels, Belgium, bridging Eastern and Western European extreme metal since 2019. Their nomadic trajectory has infused their sound with influences from both the Belarusian and Belgian underground scenes.
Death metal act from Denmark, formed in 2024, unearthing crushing, old-school-influenced extremity. Their grave-digging name captures the primal, archaic quality of their death metal approach.
Death metal band from France with roots going back to 1998. As one of the earlier French death metal acts, they carry decades of extreme metal heritage.
Black/death metal act from Velez-Malaga on the Costa del Sol, Spain, active since 2012. They channel extreme metal darkness from the sun-drenched Andalusian coast.
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