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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Tucson's Encroaching Darkness blend death and black metal under the brutal heat of the Sonoran Desert, channeling the unforgiving terrain into music that's merciless and atmospherically dense. Active since 2014, they represent southern Arizona's extreme metal underground.
Michigan's Encroachment deal exclusively in brutal death metal of the blunt, suffocating variety — punishing rhythms, guttural delivery, and no concessions made to accessibility. Formed in 2019, they've been steadily building their case for maximum heaviness.
Death metal veterans from Tiefenbach in Bavaria, Germany, with roots going back to 1995, making them one of the region's longest-running death metal acts. Their nearly three decades of activity reflect an unwavering commitment to the genre's crushing foundations.
On the warpath since 2015, this Stockholm Crust Punk, Death Metal, and Grindcore outfit delivers microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
New Bedford, Massachusetts' End It All cast a wide net across melodic death, thrash, and metalcore, blending the genres with a coastal aggression that feels rooted in the Northeast's hard-nosed DIY culture. Formed in 2017, they haven't picked a lane — and it works.
Louisville's End It with a Shotgun bring the brutal death metal tradition to the banks of the Ohio River — low, guttural, and punishing in the way only a band from Kentucky's hardest-working underground can be. Active since 2011, the name alone sets expectations.
Death/doom metal band from Kotka, Finland active since 2013, featuring dual vocalists Sara Strommer and Olli Suvanto. Their 2015 album Through Infant Eyes blends death metal intensity with atmospheric doom across eight tracks.
Wilkesboro, North Carolina's End of All sit at the crossroads of death metal and deathcore, delivering the kind of heavy that's both technically demanding and brutally direct. A newer act already staking out their corner of the genre.
Berkeley's End of All deal in straightforward, no-frills death metal shaped by the Bay Area's long tradition of extreme heaviness. Formed in 2024, they're a recent addition to a scene that has never stopped producing formidable death metal.
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