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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Marietta, Georgia's Haborym traffics in the raw intersection of black and death metal, bearing the name of a duke of hell and emerging in 2024 with a fittingly malevolent sound. Expect no mercy and no polish.
Canandaigua, New York's Haborym bludgeons with brutal death metal authority, offering the full-spectrum punishment that the subgenre requires since their 2024 formation. Dense, guttural, and relentless.
Grim slam/brutal death metal emanating from Warwickshire, active since 2024 within United Kingdom's metal scene. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
German death metal band from Aalen/Abtsgmund, active since 2008. Their album Inhabitants Of Carcosa, mastered by Dan Swano and featuring cosmic horror themes inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, showcases technically adept death metal with guest contributions and artwork by Bjorn Goosses.
Northampton, Pennsylvania's Hackpeter mashes death metal's surgical brutality against grindcore's frantic brevity, producing a sound that's equal parts calculated and chaotic since their 2019 formation.
Portland's Hacksaw brings a grind-splattered death metal sound to the Pacific Northwest underground, their jagged attack and economical song structures marking them as a product of the city's adventurous extreme scene since 2016.
Florida's Hacksaw pursues the brutal death metal path with the blunt efficiency the state's scene is notorious for, formed in 2016 and carrying on the Sunshine State's rich tradition of extremity.
Operating from Kettering, this slam/brutal death metal project has been shaping relentless sound since 2016. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Thrash crossover act from the historic city of Verdun in Lorraine, active since 2013. Their playful name contrasts with aggressive compositions that blend thrash metal velocity with hardcore punk attitude.
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