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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Alpha Zero explores progressive death metal from Warsaw since 2020. Their mathematical name — the point where a function first touches zero — drives compositions of calculated precision from the Polish capital.
Alphayn are a Viennese folk and melodic death metal band who blend pagan and Viking metal influences with Scandinavian-style melodic extremity, singing in German and engaging with Germanic mythology. Their albums Heimkehr (2014) and Wanderschaft (2018) — with titles translating as 'Homecoming' and 'Journey' — frame their music as a meditation on heritage, wandering, and return.
Orlando death metal project whose 2019 debut Torrent delivers a focused burst of Floridian death metal. Drawing from the state's legendary death metal heritage while carving a modern identity.
Hickory, North Carolina blackened death metal act forging ferocious extremity in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. Two releases of unrelenting blasphemy and brutality from the Carolina underground.
Sparta, Michigan death/doom metal project. The Germanic name adds Old World weight to West Michigan heaviness.
Altar of Betelgeuze is a Helsinki doom outfit that blurs the lines between stoner rock, traditional doom, and death metal, earning acclaim with releases on Transcending Obscurity Records. Their 2024 album "Echoes" continues a tradition established in the mid-2010s of crafting space-themed doom that is as cosmically vast as the red supergiant star they're named after.
Altar of Despair channels death metal and deathcore from Espoo since 2025, representing the newest wave of extreme music in Finland's second-largest city. Their sacrificial name signals a project devoted to the darkest expressions of modern heaviness.
Tallahassee death metal band with roots stretching back to 2003. Three releases spanning over a decade showcase a commitment to brutal, uncompromising Florida death metal from the state capital.
New Jersey death metal project. The name's visceral, blood-soaked imagery captures death metal's essence from the Garden State.
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