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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Steal evolved from funeral doom metal into a broader black/death/doom approach from the southwestern Finnish town of Salo, deepening their sonic palette while maintaining their extreme heaviness. Formed in 2024, they bring evolving darkness to the Varsinais-Suomi scene.
Seattle technical death metal band formed in 2014, pursuing the hyperkinetic complexity and surgical precision that defines the genre's most demanding practitioners on the West Coast.
Donetsk's Steam Hammer pair stoner and death metal from the war-affected eastern city since 2020. Their industrial-tool name channels the percussive force of steam-driven machinery into compositions of unusual genre-pairing from the Donbas.
Dallas blackened death/thrash fusing Bolt Thrower-style heaviness with vicious thrash and black metal.
New York crossover thrash band formed in 2019, fusing the speed and brutality of thrash metal with the raw energy and brevity of hardcore punk in the tradition of the East Coast crossover scene.
Vasteras' Steel Freight deliver death metal with hardcore influences from the Vastmanland capital since 2025. Their industrial-transport name channels the crushing weight of loaded rail cars into compositions of freshly-minted, urban extremity.
Stellar Tombs forge black/death metal from the southern Finnish coastal town of Porvoo, exploring cosmic burial themes through extreme compositions. Formed in 2022, they bring astral sepulture to the Uusimaa underground.
Stench Collector is a death metal band from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, formed in 2021. The band plays caustic, old-school-informed death metal, contributing to a regional underground scene with a characteristically blunt approach to the genre.
Stench Descent is a death metal/punk hybrid band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2019. They fuse the brutality of death metal with the raw energy of punk, reflecting a strain of the genre that prioritizes speed and aggression over technicality.
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