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The Age Of Entitlement (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Dallas's Construction Sports are a genre-bending experiment in extremity, hurling death metal, grindcore, sludge, and power metal into chaotic collision in one of Texas's most unpredictable and adventurous heavy acts.
Melodic death metal band from West Flanders, Belgium, formed in 2016. They bring the melodic intricacy and harmonic guitar work of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath to the Flemish underground.
Brutal death metal outfit from Chickamauga, Georgia delivering punishing low-tuned riffs and guttural vocals with deathcore intensity. Their sound weaponizes dense blast-beat structures and churning breakdowns into relentless aggression.
Austin, Texas brutal death metal unit that leans hard into extreme gore-soaked aesthetics and pulverizing rhythm work. Thick, down-tuned guitar tone and savage vocal delivery anchor their assault.
Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.
Brutal death metal band from the Ticino canton of Switzerland. They deliver unrelenting brutality drawn from the deepest extremes of the death metal spectrum.
Black-death-sludge act from Catania, Sicily, with origins stretching back to 2000. Consumer has spent over two decades merging extreme subgenres from beneath the shadow of Mount Etna.
Long Beach, California death metal band channeling the blunt force of old-school extremity into a tight, aggressive package. Grinding riffs and forceful drumming drive their straightforward assault.
Ransta death metal project formed in 2021, delivering brutal extremity from a small village in Västmanland. Their remote origins lend an authentically isolated quality to their crushing sound.
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