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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Bremen/Athens, Georgia death metal project telling their story in chapters since 2021. From the despair of Bleak, Broken, and Heavy-Hearted to the violence of Bloodletting, they build a serialized narrative of misery through crushing death metal from the Georgia college-town circuit.
San Francisco thrash metal act with six releases since 2018, including the Connecticut-referencing Connecticut Casual series. Their prolific output and the cryptic King Of Gods. No Second demonstrate a band with both the ambition and work ethic to stand out in the Bay Area's crowded thrash field.
Albany death metal project from the New York underground.
Battle Creek death metal project from the Michigan underground.
Apatra delivers death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2017. Their name, possibly derived from the Greek word for deception, drives compositions of duplicitous aggression from the Russian capital.
Apeiron is a melodic death metal band from Heppenheim on the Bergstrasse in Hesse, Germany, formed in 2019, blending melodic guitar harmonies with death metal's aggression. The band's name, drawn from the ancient Greek concept of the infinite and boundless, reflects an ambitious approach to the genre.
Apep is a death metal band from Zwickau in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2017, named after the ancient Egyptian serpent deity of chaos and darkness. The band channels death metal's primal ferocity from the industrial heartland of western Saxony.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania death metal project with seven releases since 2013, including the eclectically titled C.R.A.T.E Diggin' EP and bamboo forest EP. A prolific act whose diverse catalog suggests a restless creative mind working through multiple influences from central PA.
Raleigh death metal project from the North Carolina underground.
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