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Thuringia, DE · 2015–present · active
Rotting Bowels is a death metal band from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2015. The band channels visceral death metal from the forested central German state.
Athens, GR · 2006–present · active
Legendary Greek extreme metal institution from Athens, active since the late 1980s and releasing through Season of Mist since 2006. Rotting Christ pioneered the Hellenic black metal sound and evolved through melodic black metal and gothic metal phases, becoming one of the most internationally recognized metal acts from Greece.
North Rhine-Westphalia, DE · 2019–present · active
Rotting Demise is a death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2019. The band delivers uncompromising death metal from Germany's most populous state.
Ingolstadt, DE · 2012–present · active
Rotting Empire is a death metal band from Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany, established in 2000 and combining 'numerous facets of harder styles of music' with death metal as the foundation. Their releases Buried In The Past and Sui Generis incorporate harmonies, melodies, and groove elements into a diverse death metal framework over two and a half decades of activity.
DE · 2023–present · active
Rotting Eternity is a German black metal project formed in 2023, exploring themes of decay and endlessness through atmospheric black metal. The project contributes to the prolific German black metal underground.
Alençon, FR · 2012–present · active
Rotting Faith is a brutal death metal band from Alençon in Normandy, France, active since 2012. The band channels relentless brutality from the Norman countryside.
Thessaloniki, GR · 2001–present · active
Atmospheric black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, with roots dating to 2001. Nearly a quarter century of atmospheric extreme metal from Greece's second city.
Bratislava, SK · 2015–present · active
Bratislava act that evolved from progressive deathcore origins into progressive metalcore and djent territory, reflecting a creative trajectory toward more technical and rhythmically complex territory since 2015. Their stylistic progression demonstrates the pull of progressive ambition within extreme music.
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, RU · 2020–present · active
Rotting Hatred is a black metal band from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Sakhalin Island, formed in 2020. Their tracks like 'Revival of Chaos' and 'Cold in Soul' deliver cold, harsh black metal from one of the most remote outposts of the Russian underground scene.

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