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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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Death metal band from Amneville in Lorraine, France, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing death metal from the Moselle Valley.
Death metal band from Jarvenpaa, Finland, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Death metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2011. They channel relentless death metal from Finland's third-largest city.
Chicago, Illinois death metal band operating within the genre's most uncompromising traditions, adding their voice to the Midwest's healthy underground of extreme music. Straightforward, punishing, and unapologetic.
Death metal and grindcore band from France, formed in 2024. They deliver chaotic, devouring extremity.
Chesapeake, Virginia death metal band contributing to the mid-Atlantic underground's steady output of extreme music. Their approach is grounded in the genre's core values of heaviness, speed, and unrelenting aggression.
Gothenburg death metal act formed in 2019, adding to the city's seemingly limitless extreme metal output. Their punishing sound continues the tradition that made Gothenburg a global stronghold of death metal.
Death metal band from London, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, Corpsing are veterans of the London death metal underground.
Brutal death metal band from the Espoo/Helsinki area, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver punishing, guttural brutality from the Finnish capital region.
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