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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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New York's Headless Eyes occupy an unusually broad corner of extreme metal, blending death, thrash, and traditional heavy metal into a sound that refuses easy categorization. Formed in 2020, they draw on the full timeline of heavy music and synthesize it into something with its own jagged shape.
Iowa's Headless Torso have been carving up the death/thrash intersection since 2007, delivering Valley Junction's brand of surgical riff dismemberment with unrelenting aggression. Their sound sits squarely in the tradition of technically brutal death metal seasoned with thrash's kinetic drive.
Deathcore and groove metal band from Prostejov, Czech Republic, active since 2016. Their punishing blend of bone-crushing breakdowns and groove-laden heaviness makes for a devastating live experience.
Headpress is a deathcore band from Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Providence death metal veterans Headrot have been at it since 1991, making them one of the longer-running acts in Rhode Island's underground metal scene. Decades on, they continue trading in the kind of rotting, blunt-force death metal that defined the early 90s American underground.
Emerging from Athens's underground, this progressive death/black metal act has forged cold sonic fury since 2024. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Headshake is a death/thrash metal band from Angers, France, formed in 2012. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Denver's Headshrinker emerged in 2021 bringing a caved-in, skulking brand of death metal to Colorado's already formidable heavy scene. Their sound leans into primitive brutality — no frills, no mercy, just relentless forward pressure.
Headsic is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2010 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
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