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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Fertile Green (2012)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
05/31 @ Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln
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Necrostarted is a death metal and goregrind band from San Fernando in the Bay of Cadiz, active since 2016. The band delivers visceral extremity from the naval port city of Andalusia.
Necrostasis is a technical death metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2023. They bring precision-driven brutality from the Sicilian capital.
Necrosy is a technical death metal band from Venice, Italy, active since 2014. They craft intricate death metal from the city of canals, a setting as unique as their sound.
Necrosylium is a death/thrash metal trio from Vannes, France, formed in January 2013. The instrumental power trio of guitar, bass, and drums delivers thrash-infused death metal from the coast of Brittany.
Wrocław death metal act formed in 2020, delivering brutal extremity from Lower Silesia's capital. Their punishing approach channels the weight of classic death metal traditions.
Utrecht death/thrash metal act formed in 2015, delivering aggressive riffing from the Netherlands' fourth-largest city. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Helmond death metal act formed in 2021, delivering brutal extremity from the North Brabant industrial city. Their punishing sound carries the weight of classic death metal traditions.
Necrotic Autophagia is a slam/brutal death metal band from Southport, UK, active since 2016. Their sound channels the guttural, slamming brutality that defines the most extreme reaches of death metal.
Necrotic Cave is a death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2020. They dwell in the subterranean depths of extreme metal.
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