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Named after Lynch's nightmare vision, this Highland Park, Illinois sludge metal band matches its namesake's bleak surrealism with tar-thick riffs and a suffocating, lurching tempo. Chicago suburbs rarely sound this menacing.
Union City, New Jersey's Erciyes Fragment fuse orchestral bombast with melodic death metal shred, the name evoking something ancient and shard-like at the intersection of classical grandeur and modern extremity.
Los Angeles black/death metal project Ere emerged in 2020 from the city's restless underground, combining corrosive blackened tremolo with death metal's visceral physicality in a sound built on purposeful density.
Ereboros is a death metal band formed in Rio de Janeiro in 2022, built from members with extensive prior touring and recording experience across more than 50 countries. The band released their debut self-titled EP in 2023, recorded at Tellus Studio and mixed by Caio Mendonça, and in late 2025 embarked on a 19-date European tour alongside Escarnium and Brutally Deceased.
Death metal outfit from the remote mountain town of Murau in Austria's Styria region, delivering punishing extremity since 2017. Their brand of death metal carries the cold, isolated atmosphere of the Austrian Alps.
Heavy Thrash / Death Metal out of Texas.
Death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece active since 2011. They bring brutal death metal from northern Greece.
Black/death metal band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 1996, boasting a deep catalog of ten releases including Goatworshipping Metal and Psalms of Plagues and Cult of Death. Their extensive discography spans nearly three decades of unrelenting extreme metal darkness.
Brutal death metal band from Arelaune-en-Seine in Normandy, France, active since 2001. With over two decades of history, they are veterans of the French brutal death metal scene.
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