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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Mort Phantasm is a death metal band from Bielefeld, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel phantasmagoric horror themes through brutal death metal compositions.
Morta Sentinel is a death/doom metal band from Bergen, Norway, formed in 2021. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Milwaukee death metal stalwarts Morta Skuld are one of the Midwest's most respected underground acts, with a history stretching back decades and a renewed commitment to the craft since 2023. Their sound is rooted in the classic American death metal tradition — dense, grinding, and purposeful.
A grindcore and death metal act from Móstoles on the outskirts of Madrid, Mortaja — Spanish for 'shroud' — grinds out short, punishing bursts of extremity. Active since 2017, the band maintains the low-fidelity fury of classic grindcore.
Boise death metal band Mortal Ashes, formed in 2012, bring a determined, working-class approach to the genre from one of the Mountain West's smaller but dedicated metal scenes. Their music leans on classic death metal mechanics — thick riffing, blunt aggression, and unrelenting heaviness.
Albuquerque black/death metal project Mortal Brainrot, formed in 2024, take a caustic and nihilistic approach to the genre combination, leaning into chaos and ugliness with a name that signals exactly the kind of modern extremity they're after. They are among the newest voices in New Mexico's modest but committed underground metal scene.
Mortal Chains is a death metal act from Durham in the northeast of England, formed in 2022. The band delivers crushing extremity from the shadow of the city's ancient cathedral.
Texas death metal outfit Mortal Death, active since 2020, deliver the kind of unadorned, punishing death metal that the Lone Star State's underground has always quietly excelled at producing. Their music is direct and uncompromising, built on heavy riffs and the abrasive conviction that the genre demands.
Audubon, New Jersey death metal veterans Mortal Decay have long been recognized as one of the East Coast's most technically accomplished brutal death metal acts, known for dense, labyrinthine arrangements and surgical precision. Their continued activity since their mid-90s origins places them among the more enduring names in American technical death metal.
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