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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Chattanooga, Tennessee technical death metal band formed in 2018, bringing precision and compositional density to the Southeast's underground death metal scene. Their approach favors surgical riff construction and rhythmic intricacy over pure speed alone.
Zutphen's Slayne deliver death metal from the Gelderland riverside town since 2015. Their deliberately archaic spelling of "slain" and medieval-city origins add historical weight to their extreme compositions.
Norman, Oklahoma band formed in 2014, pulling from melodic death metal, thrash, and metalcore into a cross-genre hybrid that reflects the eclecticism of the South-Central underground scene. Their willingness to blend styles from different metal corners gives their music a restless, genre-fluid character.
Boston death/doom band active since 2010, dragging the sepulchral weight of funeral doom into rougher, death metal-infused territory. Their sound channels the grim New England atmosphere into slow, crushing riffs and morbid, downtuned heaviness.
Sleazebag fuse doom, death, and sludge metal from Dresden, creating a filthy, tar-thick sound that wallows in the heaviest end of the spectrum. Formed in 2019, they bring sleazy heaviness to the Saxon capital's underground.
Death metal outfit from Saugerties, New York formed in 2021, bringing a stripped-down, unpretentious approach to the genre against the backdrop of the Hudson Valley underground. Sledge Wolf favor raw aggression and direct songwriting over technical excess.
Hoogeveen's Sledgehammer Nosejob pair death and thrash metal from the Drenthe countryside since 2013. Their cartoonishly violent name channels absurdist brutality into compositions of genuine, face-rearranging force.
Sacramento experimental/progressive death metal project dating to 2006, known for dense, labyrinthine compositions that weave together odd time signatures, jazz-adjacent phrasing, and extreme metal brutality. Sleep Terror's instrumental precision and fearless genre-blurring set them apart from conventional death metal.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania doom/death metal band formed in 2023, drawing on the oppressive weight of funeral doom and the guttural extremity of death metal in a rural setting far removed from major metropolitan scenes. Sleep Throne bring a bleak, isolated atmosphere that suits their heavy, mid-paced riffing.
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