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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (2015)
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Death metal band from Neptune, New Jersey carving out a space in the densely packed Garden State extreme metal underground. The band channels the grim energy of old-school death metal with a straightforward, uncompromising approach.
Death metal band from Esztergom, Hungary, active since 2010. Cryptic Remains has spent over a decade crafting old-school death metal in the shadow of Hungary's former royal capital.
Nashville, Tennessee solo project started in 2012 by Matthew Plunkett, beginning as post-black metal and noise before migrating toward raw death metal and experimental noise across a prolific output of full-lengths, demos, EPs, and splits. Releases like Putrid Remnants (2020) reflect the project's ongoing evolution away from its atmospheric origins.
Death-thrash band from Warsaw, formed in 2020. Cryptic Rites delivers aggressive extreme metal from the Polish capital.
Death-thrash metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2015. Cryptic Shift have earned acclaim for their ambitious, technical approach to extreme metal from Yorkshire.
Michigan death/thrash metal side project that emerged from members of Violent Night, recording a single before disbanding as the parent band absorbed the group's attention. The project remained brief and obscure within the Michigan extreme metal underground.
Death metal and grindcore act from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 2004 as a gore-and-humor-themed side project of Violent Night members, releasing material on Electric Ice Records before the members moved on. The band has stated no plans to reform.
Death metal act from Ilirska Bistrica in southwestern Slovenia, formed in 2022. Cryptic Terror delivers death metal from the Karst border region near Croatia.
Gulf Coast grindcore featuring Insect Warfare drummer Frank Faerman.
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