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100 Suns is a death metal project from San Francisco, California, releasing a single three-part EP titled "Perpetual Balance" in 2008. The EP's structure — three interconnected movements — suggests an ambitious, progressive approach to death metal composition. The project takes its name from the blinding flash of nuclear detonation, fitting for music built on overwhelming sonic force.
1000 Yard Stare is a death metal and groove metal band from the Detroit, Michigan area, active since 2000 with a career spanning nearly two decades. After an early self-titled EP, the band returned with the 2017 EP "Parasites" and the 2019 full-length "Benthic," named for the deepest ocean zone. Their sound merges the heaviness of death metal with the rhythmic stomp of groove metal.
12 Point Buck was a death metal and hardcore punk band from New Jersey, active in the mid-1990s. Their 1995 release blended the ferocity of death metal with punk energy, featuring tracks like "SK8 Board" and "Flog" that reflected the era's crossover sensibilities. The band was part of the fertile New Jersey extreme music scene of the 90s.
12Gaugedentalwork is a death metal act from Denver, Colorado, releasing two EPs totaling 15 tracks since 2024. With songs like "Sewer Wretch," "Slow Drip From The Attic," and "Necronomicum," the band trades in grimy, horror-tinged death metal. Their output places them in Denver's growing extreme metal underground.
1913 is a death metal and deathcore act from San Antonio, Texas, active since 2014. Their eight-track release features lowercase song titles like "peru," "more," and "americana" that hint at themes beyond typical genre fare. The band's name evokes historical weight, fitting for music that carries both brutality and gravity.
200 Stab Wounds is a death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, who have rapidly become one of the most talked-about acts in modern American death metal since forming in 2020. With tracks like "Maggot Casket" and "She Was Already Dead," the band delivers filthy, old-school-inspired death metal with a slamming edge. Signed to Metal Blade Records, they have brought Cleveland's brutal death metal scene to international attention.
New Hampshire death metal project. Crude, direct, and unapologetically abrasive — Granite State extremity that doesn't waste time on subtlety.
3 Minutes of Hate is a death metal and groove metal band from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, formed in 2018. Describing their sound as "Metal Tropical para el mundo," the band draws from death metal, deathcore, groove, and nu-metal, and released their debut full-length Animal Instinct in 2020, collecting material written between 2012 and 2019.
Poughkeepsie, New York death metal project. Named after the espionage term for infiltrators within enemy lines — subversive extremity from the mid-Hudson Valley.
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