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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Philadelphia outfit blending progressive death and thrash metal into a technically ambitious and conceptually dense sound. Their music wrestles with cycles of existence through shifting time signatures and punishing riff architecture.
Death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2022. They channel death metal darkness from the German capital.
Mobile, Alabama melodic death metal band combining melody-driven riffing with bursts of ferocity in the Gothenburg tradition. Curse the Flesh brings Southern grit to a style defined by harmonic intensity and twin-guitar interplay.
Cleveland band fusing black, death, and melodic death metal into a cold and visceral assault. Curse the Gods harnesses Ohio's underground metal fury with atmospheric menace and unrelenting aggression.
Death metal band from France, formed in 2021. They channel cursed darkness through death metal.
Detroit death metal band trading in straightforward brutality and no-frills aggression. Cursed draws on the Motor City's rich extreme metal tradition with punishing riffs and guttural vocals.
Central Valley, California band fusing black and death metal into a raw and confrontational sound. Cursed CA operates in the underground with caustic riffs and an unpolished ferocity.
Death metal and deathcore band from Hamburg, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh, punishing extremity to the Hanseatic metal scene.
Timisoara act that evolved from death/black metal origins into a more experimental blend of black metal, ambient, and downtempo, reflecting a dramatic creative transformation since 2007. Their stylistic journey from extreme metal to atmospheric introspection traces an unusually broad artistic arc.
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