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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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San Francisco, California act Chainsaw Zombie weave together black metal, death metal, and doom metal into a dark, mid-paced assault drawing from the Bay Area's extreme metal history. The death-doom elements slow their attack and add a sepulchral heaviness.
Death metal act from Warsaw, formed in 2021. Chainsword delivers crushing death metal from the Polish capital.
Augusta, Georgia band Chairleg combine death metal riffing with groove metal's rhythmic sensibility, resulting in a heavy, head-nodding style that sits between Pantera-influenced groove and more aggressive death metal territory. Their material is built around punchy, mid-paced riffs.
Layton, Utah black-death metal act Chalice Dungeon blend the savagery of death metal with the atmospherics and intensity of black metal. Their sound is dense and abrasive, operating in the blackened death tradition with a raw underground aesthetic.
Death metal and grindcore band from Greece, active since 2012. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity.
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2021. They channel malevolent darkness through crushing death metal.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver slamming brutality and crushing breakdowns from the Bavarian-Thuringian border.
Brutal death metal band from Leon, Spain, formed in 2016. They deliver technically proficient, punishing death metal from the historic Castilian city.
Death metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2012. Chamber of Torture channels dark, dungeon-themed death metal from Russia's northern capital.
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