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Throne of Stone from Wigan deliver black and death metal from the Lancashire coal-town with the immovable, petrified authority their name demands. Their compositions channel the weight of geological permanence through extreme aggression.
Devastating Deathcore from San Antonio.
Thrones of Blood is a death metal band from Mexico City, Mexico, active since 2018 and formerly operating as Oedium from 2015 to 2018. They released their debut full-length Ages of Misanthropy in 2023, exploring themes of misanthropy and cosmic horror.
Out of Fulton, Missouri, Thrones of the Tyrant have been crafting melodic death metal since 2012, bringing Scandinavian-influenced melody and harmonic guitar work to a small Midwestern city with no natural metal infrastructure to speak of. Their persistence in building a sound more commonly associated with European scenes is a testament to the reach of melodeath's influence across American underground metal.
Birmingham, Alabama's Throng of Shoggoths take their Lovecraftian name seriously, conjuring thick, malevolent death-doom and sludge from the deep South since 2015. They merge the oppressive low-end rumble of sludge with death metal's abrasive attack, fitting naturally into Birmingham's storied tradition of heavy, regionally-specific extreme music.
Arlington Heights, Illinois's Through Ashes play melodic death metal that balances aggressive technique with melodic structure, drawing on the Gothenburg tradition while operating in the sprawling Chicago suburban metal scene since 2018. Their sound favors clean harmonic leads and muscular rhythms over pure brutality.
Through Carnage from Dresden fuse melodic death metal with thrash metal velocity, cutting through the Saxon scene with harmonized leads and relentless aggression since 2014. Their sound navigates the battle-scarred terrain between Gothenburg melodicism and Teutonic thrash ferocity.
Newark, Delaware's Through Extinction blend melodic death metal's harmonic depth with the structural dynamics of metalcore, arriving at a hybrid sound that appeals to fans of both extremes since their 2019 formation. Their approach to brutality is tempered by melodic instincts and a taste for big, cathartic song structures.
Phoenix, Arizona's Through the Earth arrived in 2020 playing melodic death metal with the technical precision and harmonic depth that the genre demands, carving out space in the Arizona desert metal scene that has historically leaned toward thrash and doom. Their sound channels European melodeath influences into the dry, high-intensity environment of the Southwest.
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