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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Death Metal act from Norfolk in United Kingdom, active since 2018 and delivering vicious extremity. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Haeresys is a death/black/thrash metal band from L'Aquila, Italy, formed in 2017. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Savage black/death metal project from Lille, carving a path through France's underground since 2015. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.
Out of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Haetriarchy carves out a black/death metal sound in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley since 2019 — one of the more geographically isolated extreme metal acts in the mid-Atlantic region, which perhaps explains the ferocity.
Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal project from Netherlands, forging savage compositions since 2023. Their sound channels the genre's most crushing impulses through thunderous riffs.
Drawing from Jyväskylä's metal heritage, this melodic death metal outfit channels fierce energy since 2022. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Munich-based act formed in 2013, evolving from progressive death metal into a unique fusion of classical orchestral music and symphonic metal. Their ambitious compositions incorporate full orchestral arrangements into a heavy metal framework, setting them apart in the German metal landscape.
Salt Lake City's Hagraven channels the rowdy spirit of black 'n' roll — black metal's blackened edge colliding with hard rock swagger — since their 2023 formation. Against Utah's austere backdrop, they're a wild anomaly.
Santa Rosa, California's Haig Ozanian is both a solo project and a melodic death metal statement, active since 2022 and drawing on the Scandinavian-influenced style's melodic sensibility to craft songs that balance aggression with memorable hooks.
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