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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Buffalo death metal newcomers Morgue Terror formed in 2024, carrying on the rust belt's tradition of harsh, unpolished extreme metal with a straightforward and punishing approach to the genre.
Greenville, South Carolina's Morgue Walker bring a chaotic convergence of blackened death metal and grindcore to bear since 2021, favoring short, violent blasts that move between grinding ferocity and corrosive black metal atmosphere.
Active since 2016, Denver's Morgue Whore weave melodic death, black, and traditional heavy metal into a distinctive hybrid — one that tempers extremity with hook-conscious songwriting and a flair for atmospheric contrast.
Boston's Morgued have been carving out caustic death metal territory since 2020, drawing on the deep well of old-school influences that have long thrived in New England's underground while keeping the sound lean and savage.
Dallas death metal act Morguetology have been active since 2018, representing the Texas capital of extremity with a methodical and punishing brand of death metal that honors the old-school template without apology.
Pittsfield, New Hampshire's Morgul have pursued a death metal course since 2019, crafting the kind of cold, rural-flavored extremity that fits naturally with New England's long tradition of isolated underground metal.
A death metal act from the industrial city of Dunaújváros on the Danube, MorHord has been delivering aggressive compositions since 2018. The band channels the steel-town grit of their surroundings into crushing death metal.
Long-running Salinas, California act Moria have been bridging deathcore and death metal since 2004, outlasting countless scene trends to remain a fixture of the Central Valley underground with a brutal, technically grounded sound.
Stuttgart's Morial delivers uncompromising death metal marked by churning riffs and oppressive atmosphere. Operating since 2005, the band represents the sustained underground death metal current running through Baden-Württemberg.
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