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Viribus Unitis (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious (2022)
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Death metal outfit from Bristol in southwest England, active since 2012. Their demonic name channels dark aggression through over a decade of death metal from one of Britain's most creative music cities.
Black metal project from Bamberg, Germany, formed in 2022. Their atmospheric sound channels the dark mysteries of the Franconian medieval city through raw black metal.
An established progressive metal voice from Paris, contributing to France's underground since 2021. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
Searing heavy metal emanating from Lublin, active since 2021 within Poland's metal scene. Their compositions celebrate the timeless formula of powerful riffs and soaring melodies.
Gothic metal/rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2025. Their dark, atmospheric sound draws on the romantic traditions of gothic metal with modern rock accessibility.
Hideous Crawling Abomination is a goregrind act from Northampton, United Kingdom, active since 2025 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Blackened doom/death metal band from Spain, formed in 2022. Their oppressive fusion of blackened atmosphere and doom-death weight creates a suffocating sonic experience.
Norwegian death/thrash metal project channeling vicious darkness since 2021. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
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