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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Fort Smith, Arkansas heavy metal act Claymore carry on the classic tradition with no-nonsense riffing and a blue-collar approach to the genre. Their sound evokes the no-frills power of American heavy metal's formative years.
Melodic and progressive death metal project formed in 2019, weaving intricate arrangements through death metal's aggressive framework. Their ambitious compositions push beyond conventional genre boundaries.
Colorado Springs deathcore act Cleanse the Destroyers combine the brutality of death metal with the breakdown-heavy attack of modern deathcore. Their music is heavy and punishing, built for maximum impact in live performance.
Annapolis, MD technical death metal project Cleanslate (also operating as Loth) constructs dense, intricately arranged extreme metal with a focus on compositional complexity. Their approach favors precision and dissonance over straightforward brutality.
Salt Lake City act Clear blend metalcore's melodic aggression with death metal's abrasive extremity, occupying the heavier end of the Utah underground scene. Their music is driven by dynamic shifts and a relentless forward momentum.
Virginia's Cleaved deal in straightforward death/thrash metal that favors energy and aggression over technical complexity. Rooted in the mid-Atlantic underground, they keep the riffs heavy and the tempo unrelenting.
Blackened brutal death metal act from Piuro in Sondrio province, formed in 2019. Cleaver delivers savage extremity from a tiny Alpine village in the Lombardy mountains.
Death metal band from Kastoria in western Macedonia, Greece, formed in 2021. They deliver death metal from the lakeside Byzantine city.
Clemency is a Christian death metal band from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. The band released the demo "Satan's Funeral" (1998) and the full-length "Spiritual Domination" (1999), the latter reissued in 2019 via Warriors Records and Eirene Records. Their lyrical themes centered on Christianity, distinguishing them within Brazil's death metal underground.
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