Dyscord
Hailing from Perth, Australia, Dyscord fuse many different facets of heavy music into a cohesive and well structured sound. Uncompromisingly brutal with generous splashes of melody, the band has achieved much in their short 4 year stint on the music scene. Including a national tour with The Black Dahlia Murder and supports with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Mudvayne, As I Lay Dying, The Haunted, Unearth, Static X, Darkest Hour and Ill Nino...
Trauma
There are several bands with the name Trauma. 1) A Polish death metal band, signed to Witching Hour Productions. 2) A Venezuelan death metal band. 3) Trauma is the first band of Cliff Burton, who later joined Metallica. They played power & speed metal. 4) A german electro band from Berlin. 5) An American experimental hardcore/metalcore band with one release out on Strikefirst Records. 6) Brazilian rap group. 7) A thrashcore band with social lyrics from Spain. 8) Indonesian death metal band located in Jakarta.
Mardraum
There are at least 2 artists with the name Mardraum: 1. Mardraum is formed in Osijek in early 2009. with a goal to play music that they like and reanimate the Death Metal scene in their own town and beyond. God Dethroned has biggest influence on their music and they like their work. This music is filled with energy and speed with pleasant melodies, heavy riffs and real Death Black vocals. Lyrics talks about true human fears, insanity and end of the world as we know it. The band is named after Enslaved album Mardraum which translates to nightmare in Norwegian.
Universum
UNIVERSUM are an Australian based metal act. In mid 2008 the band released their debut full length epic 'Leto Destinatus'. The album was mixed and mastered in Sweden by Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studios (SOILWORK, OPETH, AMON AMARTH) and features artwork by Gustavo Sazes of Abstrata (NIGHTRAGE, FIREWIND, SONIC SYNDICATE). Since the release of the album the band have been enjoying excellent reviews, great feedback and increased media attention, the most recent of which includes being featured on the UK's Metal Hammer and Terrorizer magazine cover CDs.
Infinite Thought Process
Goatwhore
Goatwhore is a blackened death metal band from the swamps of New Orleans, LA. They were formed by well known musicians from the Louisiana metal scene. They first came together in 1996/97 when Sammy Duet (former Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist) and Zak Nolan (former drummer of Goatwhore, now replaced by Zack Simmons) jammed together as a little sideproject when Acid Bath was taking a break. They soon made some four track demos.
Belligerent Intent
Belligerent Intent is a 3 piece black/death metal band from the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. With blasphemous lyrics combined with non-stop brutality and speed, Belligerent Intent is all out war against the laws of the cross and create this music for the like minded. The 3 members met through playing in Flesh Embraced in 06. Flesh Embraced unfortunately would break up 12mths after forming.
Malignant Monster
Malignant Monster is raw, cutting-edge, blood-soaked, blackened thrash metal from Perth, Western Ausralia. Malignant Monster entered the metal world with the release of their, independently distributed, 2003 demo “Welcome to Your Doom”. Despite the fact that they were only a two-piece, used a drum machine, didn’t record bass and had never played live, Malignant Monster began to attract a large underground fanbase and their raw home-demo received an overwhelming response from international metal media.
Omerta
1) Omerta is a brutal metalcore band from the Belgian h8000 area. Formed in Bruges, Belgium. They formed in 2004 and have one EP running called 'Blacken The Days of Man'. They are currently working on a new album. They played with bands like Burning Skies, All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, Karras, Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder. 2) Omerta is a hardcore band from leeds featuring ex and current members of The Mingers and Cutting Class. To date they have released a 12" EP titled We Will Never See The Snow Again, A Split 7" With Whores, Whores, Whores and a 3" Demo CD.