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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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French death metal band from Cagnes-sur-Mer, formed in 2023 and delivering raw brutality from the Riviera. Their sound brings death metal's uncompromising heaviness to the Mediterranean coast.
German melodic thrash metal band from Isny im Allgau, blending technical precision with thrash aggression since 2014. Their approach layers melodic sophistication over the genre's high-speed foundation.
Russian black metal project from Moscow, channeling philosophical depth through blackened intensity. Their name, meaning 'word' or 'reason' in Greek, signals the cerebral dimension of their black metal.
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Finnish sludge/doom metal and hardcore band from Karjaa, formed in 2025 and merging abrasive sludge with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their name, meaning 'parasite' in Finnish, signals the invasive heaviness of their sound.
Italian death/thrash metal band from Florence, newly formed in 2025 and named after a Norse mythological event. Their approach channels the chaos of Loki's flyting through aggressive Tuscan metal.
French death metal/grindcore and metalcore band from Alencon, formed in 2020 and blending multiple strains of extremity. Their versatile approach spans the aggressive spectrum from deathgrind brevity to metalcore breakdowns.
Progressive thrash metal outfit from Brno, Czech Republic, blending technical complexity with thrash metal's aggressive backbone since 2011. Their approach brings an unconventional, boundary-pushing mentality to the Czech thrash scene.
Swedish folk metal/rock band from the Sollentuna/Stockholm area, formed in 2020 and blending Nordic folk traditions with rock energy. Their approach brings Scandinavian folk melodies into an accessible rock framework.
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