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Infinite Terror (2022)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Apocalypse (2023)
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Melodic death metal band from Graz, Austria, who released their 11-track debut album Origin in October 2012. Their sound balances the aggression of death metal with melodic guitar work, delivering heavy and immersive compositions across 41 minutes of material.
Under Fetid Corpses is a Portuguese goregrind and death metal project from Porto, delivering visceral extremity through their 2015 debut Archives of Carnage. The 13-track release was issued in limited CD and cassette runs, both of which quickly sold through.
Heavy metal band from Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland, active since 2012. Their traditional metal sound channels classic heavy metal from the foothills of the Beskid Mountains.
Sludge metal band from Toulouse, France, painting oppressive sonic landscapes beneath leaden skies since 2020. Their sound channels the weight and texture of sludge metal through slow, crushing compositions.
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Death and thrash metal band from London, England, emerging in 2024 with a sound that fuses both genres' aggressive qualities. Their approach combines the speed and riff-driven energy of thrash with death metal's guttural intensity.
Thrash and death metal band from Kuopio, Finland, delivering blade-sharp aggression since 2015. Their sound fuses the speed of thrash with death metal's heaviness, rooted in the Finnish tradition of extreme metal excellence.
Black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and channeling the long tradition of Hellenic black metal. Their Athenian origins place them within one of Europe's most historically significant black metal communities.
Thrash and death metal act from Holzminden, Germany, delivering unrelenting aggression since 2015. Their sound merges the speed and precision of thrash with death metal's guttural intensity, rooted firmly in the German extreme metal tradition.
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