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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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Named for a surf town on Oahu's North Shore, Los Angeles' Haleiwa play black/death metal with none of that coastal serenity — just caustic, violent extremity from the City of Angels since 2010.
Reno's Half a Tusk sharpen melodic death metal into something more technical and angular, blending hook-forward songwriting with demanding guitar work since 2013. They're one of Nevada's more distinctive extreme metal acts.
Utica, New York's Half Dead arrived in 2022 with a mission to play straightforward, ugly death metal without pretense. What they lack in history they make up for in sheer downtuned brutality.
Milwaukee's Half Gorilla are one of the newer acts blurring the line between grindcore and death metal, bringing chaotic speed and blunt force to the Wisconsin underground since 2023. Short songs, maximum damage.
Baltimore's Half Orc emerged in 2025 playing death/doom metal that leans into the genre's most crushing, suffocating qualities. Still fresh, but early output points toward something genuinely menacing from the Maryland scene.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2022. Their sound bridges the intensity of metalcore breakdowns with the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style death metal.
Sludge/gothic/death metal band from Palafolls, Spain, formed in 2023. Their genre-spanning approach blends sludge heaviness, gothic atmosphere, and death metal brutality from the Catalan coast.
Operating from Catania, this melodic death metal project has been shaping raw sound since 2012. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal act from Jyväskylä in Finland, active since 2017 and delivering devastating extremity. Drawing on classic blueprints, they deliver visceral extremity with conviction.
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