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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the cultural capital of Saxony.
Scorching Death / Black Metal out of Texas.
Death metal band from Plymouth, England, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing death metal from the Devon coast.
Blackened death metal project listed under Portugal, formed in 2020. Cosmic Conqueror delivers interstellar-themed extreme metal.
Georgia progressive death/thrash band that works existential menace into technically sophisticated songwriting. Their music is expansive and unnerving, built on shifting riff patterns and relentless forward momentum.
Denver death/thrash band that conjures something ancient and menacing from well-worn genre forms. Their riff-forward approach stays rooted in classic extremity with a sufficiently heavy cosmic bent.
Brutal death metal act from Slovenia, formed in 2026. Cosmic Monstrosity represents the newest wave of Slovenian death metal.
Death metal project from Milan, formed in 2019. Cosmic Putrefaction has rapidly gained recognition for atmospheric, otherworldly death metal that channels Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
Maryland-area technical death and deathcore act that brings precision and ferocity to bear in equal measure. Their compositions are technically demanding without losing sight of sheer destructive power.
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