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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Michigan death/grind unit from White Lake, active briefly around 2022 before splitting up, channeling scatological grindcore aggression into short, brutal bursts.
Charlotte, North Carolina melodic death/groove metal band, blending the hook-driven aggression of melodic death metal with the stomping weight of groove.
Extreme metal solo project originally from Northern Scotland, now based in Zurich, Switzerland. The 2024 album Nothing Should Exist explores existential themes through odd death metal and death-doom, incorporating poetry by Wilfred Owen alongside original lyrics.
Melodic death metal band from Hennef, Germany, active since 2006. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style death metal with heavy metal power.
Fort Myers, Florida death metal act that formed around 2009 and later split up, operating without a label.
Rhode Island band that began as melodic technical death metal before pivoting to experimental/progressive rock, ultimately disavowing their early extreme metal work amid constant lineup changes.
Bakersfield, California slam/brutal death metal band formed in 2024, a new entry in the West Coast extreme metal underground.
Death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver aggressive, guttural death metal from the historic Franconian city.
Death metal and deathcore band from Duisburg, Germany, active since 2007. They combine the aggression of death metal with metalcore's breakdowns and melodic elements from the industrial Ruhr region.
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