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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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This Godless Endeavor (2005)
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German death/groove metal band from Plauen, formed in 2024. They blend death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic hooks for a punishing modern sound.
Death 'n' roll and industrial metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2017. They fuse the groove of death 'n' roll with industrial metal's mechanical edge.
Eugene, Oregon's Barred Spiral is a young atmospheric black/death metal act that emerged in 2024, adding to the Pacific Northwest's strong tradition of blackened and atmospheric extreme metal.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They bring Scandinavian melodeath influences together with metalcore dynamics to Berlin's thriving metal scene.
Belgian chainsaw grind act from Flanders, featuring former members of Aborted, Agathocles, Emeth, and Human Vivisection. Their prolific output of full-lengths, splits, and demos showcases the furious HM2-driven grindcore and death metal attack they've sustained since 2021.
Boston's Barren Oak pursue an experimental approach to black and death metal, operating since 2021 as part of the city's diverse underground scene with a sound that resists easy genre categorization.
Solo death/doom project from Wessex, described as esoteric heathen death/doom from blood-soaked soil. The self-titled 2025 debut features three extended compositions in the vein of early Tiamat, Anathema, and Paradise Lost, released on a limited run of thirty hand-numbered cassettes.
Champaign, Illinois death metal act Barry the Mortician has been active since 2012, indulging in the genre's most visceral traditions with themes of gore, death, and perversions.
Casper, Wyoming thrash/groove/death metal band Bartlett formed in 2025, representing a new voice in the high-plains metal underground.
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