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Dead Shape Figure is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Vantaa, Finland, formed in 2018. They deliver cutting melodic death/thrash from greater Helsinki.
Out of central Illinois, Dead Shore play death metal with a regional underground ethos — blunt, unpolished, and committed to brutality over accessibility. Formed in 2014, they've carved out space in a scene that rewards staying power.
Dead Slut plays deathcore from Smolensk, active since 2012 and delivering provocative extremity from the historically contested border city between Russia and Belarus. Their deliberately offensive name matches the uncompromising brutality of their sonic assault.
Eau Claire's Dead Soul Symphony combine the velocity of thrash with death metal's brutality, formed in 2021 with the kind of hunger that comes from building something in a smaller market with everything to prove. Wisconsin grit with a sharp, modern extreme edge.
Atlanta's Dead Speak put out death metal anchored in relentless aggression and old-school structural values, carving a niche in a city better known for metalcore and progressive sounds. Since 2018, they've been among the more straightforwardly brutal acts the Georgia capital has produced.
Phoenix's Dead Swarm started in groove metal's pocket and evolved toward death metal's brutality, reflecting the kind of gradual artistic hardening that comes with surviving the Arizona desert underground. Their trajectory since 2014 has been one of consistent escalation.
Dead Talks is a death metal band from Lohja, Finland, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the Finnish lakeland.
Salem, Oregon's Dead Thrall make technical death metal that prioritizes precision without losing ferocity, building dense, interlocking riff structures that unfold with surgical intent. Formed in 2022, they bring a welcome complexity to the Pacific Northwest's extreme scene.
Pittsburg, California's Dead Thrust combine death metal and grindcore into short, focused bursts of pure aggression, coming up in 2020 out of the Bay Area's long history of extreme underground music. Compact and merciless.
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