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The Psalm is a death metal band from Thessaloniki, active since 2015. Their religious-themed name adds a sacrilegious edge to their death metal from Greece's co-capital.
Corona, California melodic death metal solo project by A.C. Riddle, formed in 2013 and notable for a prolific early run that produced four albums in under two years across releases like The Dark Realms and Makeria. Norse mythological themes anchor the lyrical content, and the project draws on the melodic death metal tradition with layered guitar work and dense sonic arrangements released through Senseless Life Records.
The Red Chord formed in Revere, Massachusetts in 1999 and carved out a distinctive position in extreme metal by combining death metal brutality, grindcore velocity, and metallic hardcore chaos in a way that presaged the deathcore genre before that term solidified. Their 2002 debut Fused Together in Revolving Doors introduced a fanbase to their erratic, high-density approach, and Clients (2005) sold over 50,000 copies in the United States. Prey for Eyes (2007) and Fed Through the Teeth Machine (2009) both charted on the Billboard 200. After a period of inactivity beginning around 2015, the band returned to live performance in 2022.
Melodic death metal band from Burgas, founded in 2000 by veterans of the Bulgarian metal underground as a side project that gradually became their primary vehicle. Across four full-lengths—The Dawn of Nothingness (2005), Through Blood and Ashes (2008), The Neverending (2012), and Figment Paradise (2015)—they built a reputation as one of the most consistently compelling death metal acts Bulgaria has produced. The band is widely cited as among the most influential in the country's extreme metal history.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina death metal and grindcore outfit founded in 2013, specializing in the short, savage burst of sonic violence that the genre demands. Their approach leans into pulverizing downtuned riffs and relentless drum work with minimal concern for subtlety.
Independence, Missouri deathcore act with roots going back to 2007, combining the technical brutality of death metal with the breakdown-driven structure and vocal aggression that defines the deathcore template. They are among the longer-running acts in a subgenre prone to short lifespans.
The Rotted from London deliver death metal and grindcore with the decomposing intensity their putrefaction-themed name demands since 2013. Over a decade of compositions from the British capital has produced reliably rotten extremity.
Utah death metal project formed in 2021, excavating the bleaker end of the genre with an emphasis on crushing low-end and the kind of punishing tempo shifts that make death metal physically compelling. A newer act building a catalog in a state with a small but serious underground metal scene.
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