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Moshkinstein (2019)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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Sickbag has been grinding out death metal and grindcore from the Norman city of Caen since 2004, making them one of the region's longer-running extreme acts. Two decades of output reflect an unwavering commitment to short, brutal sonic assaults.
Death metal act from Beacon, New York, formed in 2018, crafting dense and grim material from a small Hudson Valley city with an outsized underground metal presence.
Belgorod's Sickcunt merge brutal death, standard death, and grindcore from the Black Earth region since 2020. Their maximally provocative name channels shock-value extremity into compositions of southern Russian aggression.
Washington State black/death metal project active since 2016, fusing the corrosive rawness of black metal with death metal's heaviness into a bleak and uncompromising sound.
Death metal band from Olean, New York, formed in 2023, bringing a no-nonsense approach to brutality from a small upstate city with deep blue-collar roots.
Florence's Sickening have been dealing in brutal death metal since 2008. Their Renaissance city origins create a stark contrast with their music's unrelenting extremity, delivered with technical precision.
Brutal death metal band from Cocoa Beach, Florida, formed in 2021, delivering the kind of dense, down-tuned carnage that fits squarely in Florida's long tradition of extreme metal extremity.
Sickflesh deal in brutal death metal and goregrind from Nachod, combining inhuman gutturals with grinding blasts of noise. Their approach embraces the most extreme end of the death metal spectrum without compromise.
Death metal band from Lyons, Kansas, formed in 2020, carving out heavy, unrelenting material from a rural Great Plains setting far from the usual metal centers.
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