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Nashville, Tennessee black-death metal act Coffin bring a grim, underground aesthetic to Music City's heavy scene, pairing raw black metal atmosphere with death metal brutality. Their music fits firmly in the underground extreme metal tradition.
Trenton, New Jersey death and thrash metal band Coffin deal in fast, aggressive riffs and the kind of no-frills brutality that New Jersey's long thrash tradition demands. They're a street-level act from one of the Northeast's most storied underground scenes.
Portland, Oregon's Coffin Apartment combine death metal's blunt-force attack with sludge metal's suffocating weight, creating a claustrophobic sound that suits their name well. They're part of Portland's dense and genre-spanning extreme metal underground.
Boston, Massachusetts black-death metal band Coffin Birth draw from both sides of extreme metal's most lethal pairing, delivering dark atmosphere alongside relentless aggression. Boston's storied metal scene provides fertile ground for their grim sonic vision.
Portage, Wisconsin's Coffin Black span black metal, death metal, and doom in a sound that's as bleak and cold as a Wisconsin winter. Their multi-genre approach reflects a serious engagement with extreme metal's darkest corners.
Malvern, Pennsylvania death metal band Coffin Born deliver straight-ahead brutality from the Philadelphia suburbs with a focus on crushing heaviness and dark themes. They represent the reliable depth of Pennsylvania's death metal underground beyond the city proper.
Death-doom metal band from Volos in Thessaly, Greece, formed in 2021. They merge death metal aggression with doom weight from the Greek coastal city.
Malmö death metal outfit formed in 2014, delivering old-school brutality from Sweden's southernmost major city. Their grave-digging aesthetic matches a sound rooted in classic death metal traditions.
Wichita Falls, Texas death metal band Coffin Crusher deliver bludgeoning brutality from the edge of North Texas, bringing the state's no-nonsense death metal tradition to bear with force. Their music is built for the pit and leaves nothing standing.
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