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Waynesboro, Pennsylvania's Death Rising blend groove metal's heaviness with stoner metal's hazy, slow-burning swagger — a combination that hits like a tire iron wrapped in smoke. Rolling slow and heavy through the Pennsylvania hills since 2021.
Death Slam is a veteran grindcore and death metal band from Taguatinga, near Brasília, Brazil, active since the early 1990s and one of the longest-running extreme acts from the country's capital region. The band has released albums including "Smash the Power" (1998) and "Brazilian Disaster" (2004) and engages with political themes throughout their discography, with members including vocalist Fellipe CDC, guitarist Adélcio, bassist/vocalist Itazil, and drummer Ademir.
A death metal outfit rooted in the Moravian tradition, Death Strike deliver crushing, no-frills brutality that favors density over technical gymnastics. Founded in 2023, they're a young act already locked into a grim, purposeful sound.
Death Structure is a metalcore/deathcore band from Lens, France, formed in 2017. They construct devastating breakdowns from northern France.
Death Struggle plays melodic death metal from Arkhangelsk on the White Sea, active since 2021 and channeling the harsh Arctic climate into compositions that balance melody with mortal combat. Their survival-themed name suits music forged in one of Russia's most inhospitable regions.
Death Temple is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, founded in 2006 and active ever since. Their 2015 full-length Dominion of the Night, with standout tracks "In the Claws of the Harpii" and the title track, sits in the tradition of underground war metal, drawing comparisons to Denouncement Pyre and Embrace of Thorns.
Death Thrashers Kuopio is a death/thrash metal band from Kuopio, Finland, formed in 2016. They carry their city's name proudly through ferocious death/thrash.
Death Throne is a black/death metal band from Lyon, France, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of history, they are veterans of the Lyon extreme metal scene.
Loveland, Colorado's Death upon the Ignorant blend deathcore's structural punishment with straightforward death metal aggression, never letting the breakdowns overshadow the brutality. They've been developing their sound in the Front Range underground since 2017.
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