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With a name like Bloodbather, you'd be right to expect something pretty intense. And the Broward County, Florida, collective do not disappoint, with a savage concoction of chugging riffs and vicious vocals in a metallic hardcore meets deathcore sound they describe as "visceral, angry and powerful."
Cultus Black have honed an aggressive nu-metal meets deathcore sound that also oozes delicious melodies. On top of that, there's an intriguing edge provided by their masked attire.
We're back with our now monthly update to the GigRadar Fresh Tunes Spotify playlist, which brings you the latest and greatest new tracks from new rock and metal bands around the world.
As someone going through a significant grief process, I can testify that seriously soul-destroyingly heavy music can often be just the tonic. Birmingham trio Grief Ritual offer that in abundance with a fusion of death and black metal, hardcore and metalcore that they describe as "miserable, unrelenting and crushing." Perfect.
Tampa Bay and Cincinnati-based collective Coldharbour offer exactly that in a brutal melodic deathcore meets metalcore sound they describe as "aggressive, melodic and emotional."
Some of the most exciting discoveries we've made during the last five years of running GigRadar have been from the Hungarian metal and hardcore scene. And we've got another monster of a heavy Hungarian band to add to the list in Nest of Plagues.
Prepare to taken on a journey through the murky waters of deathcore brutality with intense French band Hurakan.
Emerging Minneapolis band Cardijum offer up a crushing deathcore meets death metal sound that's packed with powerful riffs, intense rhythms and savage vocals.
If you happened to be on the lookout for the heaviest new UK metal band then Monasteries would probably be a good place to start.
Deathcore sextet Majin will cast a spell over you with their punishing, brutal cyberpunk influenced sound that they describe as "forward thinking groove" and "deathcore in technicolour."
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