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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Hailing from the small western Massachusetts city of North Adams, Clot operate in the crosshairs of death metal and hardcore. Their stripped-down aggression fits naturally into the tradition of brutal New England underground bands.
A brutal death metal act from New Jersey, Clotting traffic in the genre's most punishing and low-end-heavy forms. Their work sits firmly in the Garden State's tradition of underground extremity.
An anonymous US death metal duo, Cloud of Flies release their material through Centipede Abyss and embrace a cavernous, disorienting aesthetic. Their releases traffic in murky, unsettling death metal that prioritizes atmosphere and density over accessibility.
A solo metal project out of Walnut Creek, California, Cloudbeast combines death metal's brutality with progressive and doom-influenced textures. Their demos suggest a project constantly in motion, willing to pull from thrash and darkness equally.
Progressive melodic death metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend progressive complexity with melodic death metal's harmonies and aggression.
Melodic death metal band from Offenbach, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
Progressive death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from the Greek capital.
A Flint, Michigan act working across melodic death metal, thrash, and straight death metal, Clovis bring a midwest blue-collar grit to their extreme metal sound. Their approach draws on the long lineage of Michigan's underground metal heritage.
A one-man gangsta slam project from Ohio, Clown Vomit channel the most cartoonishly brutal end of slam death metal with unapologetic absurdity. Their 2025 album Section 8 Slamz: Seezun 1 leans all the way into slamming low tunings and gutter-level aesthetics.
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