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New Jersey's Cavity Injector smash death metal and grindcore together in characteristic East Coast bursts of blastbeats, surgical riff brutality, and vocals pitched between guttural roar and grinding shriek.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Cavum pursue straightforward, grimly melodic black metal drawing on the European second-wave tradition — tremolo-driven riffs, blasting drums, and vocals smeared in reverb.
Bellingham's Cavurn move through death/doom at a glacial pace, letting riffs corrode and collapse under their own weight while gutturals push through the murk like something decomposing at depth.
Death-doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2017. They combine the crushing heaviness of doom with the aggression of death metal from the Rhine Valley.
Progressive death metal act from Östersund in the Swedish mountain region, active since 2010. Celeborn — named after the Tolkien elf lord — blends progressive complexity with death metal from Jämtland.
Black and death metal band from Bree, Belgium, formed in 2018. They merge the atmospheric hostility of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, operating from the Limburg province's underground scene.
Blackened death metal act from Verona, formed in 2019. Celebrarian delivers fierce extreme metal from one of northern Italy's most storied cities.
Death metal and grindcore band from Bebra, Germany, active since 2009. They deliver chaotic, abrasive extremity from the Hessian countryside.
Blackened deathcore band from Kellinghusen, Germany, formed in 2015. They fuse the darkness of black metal with the crushing breakdowns of deathcore and death metal aggression.
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