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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Death metal and deathcore band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2012. They deliver crushing extremity from Greece's second-largest city.
Kentucky brutal death metal band from Lawrenceburg built on relentless low-tuned punishment and guttural extremity. Their approach is unapologetically brutal, focused entirely on sonic annihilation.
Buffalo, New York death metal act drawing from the raw brutality that western New York's underground has cultivated for decades. Creator Undone hits with deliberate force and unsparing heaviness.
Danville, Kentucky band combining death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic swagger. Creature of Exile delivers heavy, pocket-driven music with a menacing Southern edge.
Seminole, Florida death metal and deathcore act blending technical brutality with the kinetic impact of breakdowns. Creatures of Habit brings the Sunshine State's death metal tradition forward into heavier modern territory.
Columbia, Missouri death-thrash band fusing the gruesome imagery of death metal with thrash's driving velocity. Creaturezoid keeps Missouri's underground heavy scene well represented with energetic, aggressive output.
Melodic death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2022. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Swabian capital.
Death-thrash metal band from the Buchholz/Nordhausen area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 2010. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal speed from the southern Harz region.
Dallas death metal with a crushing old-school sound. Multiple releases on MNRK Heavy.
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