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Actin' Up (2023)
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Fertile Green (2012)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
05/31 @ Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln
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Richmond, Virginia's Deathcrown have been building a death metal reputation in one of the East Coast's most underrated heavy scenes since 2016 — direct, punishing, and rooted in classic death metal aesthetics without sounding derivative.
Deathcrush is a black metal and brutal death metal band from Bessude, in the Sassari province of Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2013. The project delivers uncompromising extreme metal fury from the Sardinian underground.
Deathcvlt crafts melodic black/death metal from the Adriatic port of Ancona, balancing the darkness of extreme metal with carefully constructed melodic passages. Their stylized name signals allegiance to the underground while their music demonstrates a sophisticated grasp of melody within brutality.
Deathember is a melodic death metal band from Huddinge, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project delivers Scandinavian melodic death metal from the Stockholm area.
Deathemption plays symphonic death metal from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2023 and fusing death metal's crushing weight with orchestral grandeur. Their portmanteau name — death plus redemption — suggests that salvation might be found through the most extreme sonic experience.
Deathevocation is a death metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2020. They summon death metal darkness from the Finnish lakeland.
Chapel Hill's Deathevokation summon old-school death metal with a reverence for the genre's early-nineties foundations — cavernous, deliberate, and committed to the craft rather than trend-chasing. Active since 2020.
Sacramento's Deathforce split the difference between death metal's brutality and thrash's kinetic momentum, channeling the Central Valley's harder edge into tight, no-nonsense aggression. Active since 2018.
Deathfucker is a thrash/death metal act from Mantua that makes zero pretense about their intentions: raw, unfiltered extreme metal aggression delivered with punk-like directness. Active since 2017, they channel the spirit of early extreme metal's most provocative and unapologetically heavy moments.
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