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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Virginia death metal project whose 2014 compilation Bass for Autism channels extreme music toward awareness and charitable purpose.
Colorado Springs death metal band delivering provocatively named extremity from the base of Pikes Peak, adding to Colorado's growing underground metal presence.
Autius combines death and doom metal from Helsinki since 2025, exploring the tension between aggression and crushing weight at the newest frontier of Finland's extreme metal landscape. Their solitary-sounding name suits the isolation that permeates their heavy compositions.
Leeds' Autocracy deliver precision melodic death metal with technical guitar interplay and powerful rhythmic foundation. Since 2014, they've built a reputation in the Yorkshire metal scene for their tight performances and Gothenburg-influenced songwriting.
Pittsburgh death metal duo with two albums since 2018. Esoterica and Chaosophy channel occult philosophy through technical extremity, building a reputation for cerebral brutality from the Steel City.
Warwick, Rhode Island death metal project with four releases since 2012. Promises of Continued and Endless Contempt and a split with Doom Town establish them as a fixture in New England's extreme underground.
Portland death metal project whose 2018 demo captures raw, self-consuming extremity. Named after the cellular process of eating oneself — the body recycling its own components — a fitting metaphor for death metal's obsession with dissolution.
A four-piece death metal and grindcore band from Přerov, Autophobic have released albums including Tinnitus and Prdel Světa as well as a full-length death metal/grindcore record titled RARE DEMA. Their lineup of Roman Krejčí, David Šumský, Stanislav Halda, and Jan Landsinger delivers the blasting, uncompromising extremity characteristic of Czech grind.
Autopsia is a death and thrash metal band from Seligenstadt in Hesse, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1989, making them one of the oldest surviving acts in the German death-thrash underground. With over three decades of activity, the band predates many of the genre's conventions and has witnessed its entire evolution firsthand.
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