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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Fresh out of Kansas City, Tortured Form emerged in 2025 playing straight-ahead death metal with a focus on crushing riffs and morbid atmosphere, representing Missouri's latest addition to the underground death metal circuit.
A recently formed US doom/death outfit, Tortured Remains blend the dragging tempos and mournful weight of doom metal with the down-tuned brutality of death metal, working in the tradition of the genre's most sepulchral expressions.
Tortured Sacrament from Montpellier deliver death metal that desecrates the holy with the agonized intensity their blasphemous name demands since 2024. Their Languedoc coast base provides a Cathar-history-rich setting for their transgressive compositions.
Pinellas Park, Florida's Tortured Soul traffic in death/thrash metal that reflects the Sunshine State's long tradition of ferocious underground extremity, blending the riff attack of thrash with death metal's darker sonic palette.
Richmond, Virginia death/thrash act Torturepoint arrived in 2024 with the kind of pit-ready aggression their hometown's storied metal scene demands, drawing equally from the riff-driven ferocity of thrash and the morbid darkness of death metal.
Staten Island's Torturous Inception specialize in the technical and brutal end of death metal, constructing dense arrangements of rapid-fire riffing and inhuman percussive precision rooted in New York City's historically brutal death metal underground.
Toscrew is a black/death/doom metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2008. They weave together elements of all three genres into a dark, multifaceted extreme metal sound.
Total Agony from Vaires-sur-Marne in the eastern Paris suburbs deliver death and thrash metal with the complete, unmitigated pain their name promises since 2012. Over a decade of agonizing compositions from the Île-de-France.
Basel's Total Annihilation have been unleashing thrash/death metal fury since 2008, amassing a deep catalog that includes albums like "Mountains of Madness," "...On Chains Of Doom," and "Extinction." Their output draws on Lovecraftian horror and apocalyptic themes, delivered through tight riffing and relentless double-bass drumming.
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