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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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British symphonic death metal band from England, formed in 2021 and layering orchestral grandeur over death metal brutality. Their approach merges sweeping symphonic arrangements with aggressive extremity.
Pittsburgh's Lycosa have been building their venomous hybrid of sludge, thrash, and death metal since 2012, channeling the city's industrial grit into something punishing and groove-locked. Few bands make filth sound this methodical.
Lycus formed in Oakland, California in 2008, operating in the most extreme end of the funeral doom spectrum while incorporating textures from black metal, noise, and shoegaze. Their debut LP Tempest (2013) featured three massive tracks ranging from ten to twenty minutes, drawing comparisons to Mournful Congregation and Asunder. The follow-up Chasms (2016), recorded at Atomic Garden Studios with producer Jack Shirley, distilled their approach into four immense compositions of deep, deliberate gloom.
German symphonic black/death metal act from Karlsruhe, formed in 2020 and merging orchestral grandeur with extreme metal brutality. Their sound combines symphonic arrangements with the dual assault of black and death metal.
French thrash/death metal band from Nimes, merging thrash velocity with death metal brutality since 2020. Their sound channels the combined aggression of both genres from Provence.
British brutal death metal/grindcore band from Truro, formed in 2023 and delivering savage extremity from Cornwall. Their medical name signals the diseased, pathological character of their deathgrind assault.
French melodic death metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, crafting harmonic precision since 2014. Their approach channels Scandinavian-influenced melodeath through a distinctly Auvergnat sensibility.
Southern California's Lysis have been merging the crawl of doom with death metal's rot since 2008, crafting music from the Inland Empire that sounds like decomposition set to a slow, inevitable tempo. Grief rendered in distortion.
Dutch melodic groove/death metal band from Nijmegen, blending harmonic sophistication with rhythmic aggression since 2007. Named after a viral replication process, their scientific approach brings precision to their melodic metal.
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