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Fort Wayne's Death on Fire meld melodic hooks with thrash metal's kinetic drive and death metal's menace, creating a sound that burns on multiple fronts simultaneously. Since 2019 they've been one of Indiana's most combustible live acts.
Death On/Off is a death metal and grindcore band from Ferrara, Italy, formed in 2012. With releases like 'Disharmonic Mass Destruction' and splits with Grumo, the band delivers raw and provocative extreme metal that fuses death metal, grindcore, and hardcore punk.
Death Pigeon is a black/thrash/death metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2023. Their irreverent name belies a ferocious triple assault of extreme subgenres.
Mount Laurel's Death Portrait blend melodic sensibility with technical death metal's intricacy, constructing precise yet emotionally charged compositions. Since 2021, they've been one of New Jersey's most promising acts in the extreme metal underground.
Denver's Death Possession arrived in 2024 with uncompromising old-school death metal at the core — no frills, no trends, just riffs designed to crush and destroy. Early days, but the intent is unmistakable.
Out of Ocala, Florida, Death Posture channel the Sunshine State's storied death metal tradition into a sound that's unadorned and punishing. Since 2015, they've been quietly carrying the torch of Florida's underground brutality.
Los Angeles' Death Priest fuse melodic death metal's harmony-driven aggression with the sun-scorched intensity of the Southern California scene. Since 2020, they've been crafting sermons of melody and brutality in equal parts.
Death Project is a death metal band from Bursa, Turkey, formed in 2018. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the Sea of Marmara region.
Death Pulsation is a death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2025. The project delivers aggressive death metal from the Swedish capital.
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