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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Austrian melodic death/black metal project channeling heathen rituals and environmental crisis themes through heavy riffage and sinister melodies. Their debut album Lighttaker pairs atmospheric textures with aggressive instrumentation.
Emerging in 2019 from Kostrzyn nad Odrą, this death metal act channels the genre's primal aggression through tight, riff-driven compositions. Their recordings carry the unmistakable weight of classic death metal.
South Carolina black metal act Baasthyrian was active in the early 2010s, releasing a self-titled EP and the single Womb Evacuation before going silent — a brief but uncompromising entry in the region's underground black metal history.
Forged in 2016 from Amersfoort, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
St. Louis death metal band Babdeh has been active since 2020, representing the Midwest's understated but persistent underground death metal scene with a name drawn from Akkadian mythology.
Death metal outfit from Mantua, formed in 2024. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Nevada death metal act Baby Autopsy leans into the deliberately confrontational naming tradition of the genre, an active project since 2022 in the sparse but determined underground metal community of the desert Southwest.
Slamming brutal death metal unit from Ried im Innkreis, Austria, formed in 2019. Their short, punishing tracks like "Consumed at Birth" trade in guttural vocals and crushing breakdowns typical of the slam underground.
Finnish melodic death/groove metal band from Kouvola, formed in 2020. They craft fallen melodic death metal with groove elements from the forests of southeastern Finland.
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