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Devotees of death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal, this Swedish outfit from Örebro has been refining their craft since 2017. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with unrelenting drive.
Long Island's Enemy of the State tears through crossover thrash, death, and thrash metal with the kind of suburban fury that only comes from growing up next to New York City. Since 2016, the Riverhead crew has built a ferocious sound that refuses to sit still within any single subgenre.
Melodic death/thrash metal act from Duisburg in Germany's Ruhr Valley, formed in 2022, combining harmonic guitar work with thrash velocity. Their name evokes internal conflict, driving compositions that pit melody against aggression.
Named for the Japanese smoke demon, New York's Enenra BC conjures blackened death metal steeped in occult malevolence and suffocating atmosphere since 2018. Their sound draws equally from the crushing weight of death metal and the cold, nihilistic darkness of black metal.
Black/death metal act from Geneva, Switzerland, delivering savage, possessed extremity since 2015. Their name, derived from the Greek for one possessed by a demon, captures the frenzied, unhinged energy of their extreme metal assault.
Pittsburgh's Enfilade has been carving out a niche at the intersection of death metal and hardcore since 2011, combining guttural heaviness with the straight-ahead ferocity of the city's underground scene. Their approach strips both genres down to their most lethal essentials.
St. Louis's Enflesh has been sculpting punishing death metal since 2014, channeling the Gateway City's gritty underground into a sound that is dense, churning, and uncompromising. Their music feels rooted in the Midwest's blue-collar approach to extremity — no shortcuts, just brute force.
TXDM unit that surfaced in 2022 with the 'Devoid of Conscience' demo. Old school death metal filth in the Texas tradition.
Out of Harrison Charter Township, Michigan, Enfleshment has been channeling the Great Lakes region's metal underground into brutal death metal compositions since 2021. Their sound leans into the suffocating low-end density that defines the genre's most unrelenting practitioners.
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