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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Progressive death metal act from Berlin, Germany, crafting technically complex compositions since 2010. Their approach pushes death metal's boundaries through progressive structures and intricate arrangements.
Oskarshamn-based death metal act, active since 2024 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
West Texas oil country might not seem like fertile ground for brutal death metal, but Midland's Emotionless Laceration have been at work since 2019 building a punishing catalog of gutturals and downtuned devastation in one of the state's most isolated cities.
San Antonio's Emperial Massacre have been delivering blunt-force death metal since 2013, holding a consistent spot in one of Texas's most underrated regional scenes through sheer persistence and heavy, unforgiving songwriting.
Belgian blackened death metal project from Nivelles, established in 2016, fusing extreme metal with futuristic, sci-fi conceptual themes. Their prolific output spans seven releases including the "Xerul" trilogy, blending industrial electronics with crushing death and black metal.
Warsaw, Poland — black metal, death metal, and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2006, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Yorba Linda's Emphysema pull doom and death metal into a dense, suffocating collision, building songs that labor under their own weight with the slow-motion menace the subgenre demands.
Metalcore and melodic death metal act from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, blending breakdowns with harmonic intensity since 2019. Their name evokes spreading decay, driving a sound that merges metalcore's rhythmic punch with melodic death metal's richness.
Phoenix's Empire of Pigs lock death metal's brutality into hardcore's confrontational directness, producing something lean and hostile that thrives in the extreme heat of Arizona's underground.
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