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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Shathanas forge black/death metal from the southeastern Finnish city of Kouvola, combining the darkest elements of both genres. Active since 2018, they bring Kymenlaakso aggression to the Finnish extreme underground.
Phoenix, Arizona melodic death metal outfit formed in 2011, blending the melodic sensibilities of the Gothenburg tradition with the heavier, sun-scorched aggression of the American Southwest.
Hailing from Hudson, Florida, this death/thrash hybrid tears through riff-heavy territory with the swampy intensity expected from the Sunshine State's underground, formed in 2011.
Emerging from Asbury Park, New Jersey in 2024, Shattered Realm grafts metalcore's intense breakdowns and melodic hooks onto a foundation of death metal brutality.
Cleveland, Ohio death metal unit formed in 2013, drawing from the Midwest's blue-collar underground to deliver punishing, no-frills death metal steeped in the tradition of the genre's American roots.
Shattered Sigh craft melodic doom/death metal from Barcelona, combining crushing heaviness with sorrowful melodies. Active since 2011, they bring the emotional weight of a broken sigh to the Catalan extreme metal scene.
Shattering Calamity deal in slam, brutal death metal, and goregrind from Madrid, combining the most extreme subgenres into a single, devastating assault. Active since 2016, they bring catastrophic brutality to the Spanish capital.
Chicago experimental death metal project active since 2012, pushing the genre's structural limits with unconventional song forms and textural dissonance that sets them apart from the city's more orthodox underground.
Heavy Brutal Death Metal from Houston.
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