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Summer Dying is a melodic death metal band from Lansing, Michigan, active since 2001, crafting emotionally charged, guitar-driven compositions rooted in the Gothenburg-influenced style of the genre.
Summer's Dying have been delivering death metal from Weimar since 2001, channeling extreme aggression from the city of Goethe and Schiller. Their quarter-century of activity provides a stark contrast between their cultural surroundings and their brutal output.
Summon is a Lansing, Michigan death/black/thrash metal band with a lineage extending back to 2011, weaving together elements from three of extreme metal's most aggressive traditions into a ferocious and unrelenting style.
Summon the Destroyer is a death metal band from Indianapolis, Indiana, formed in 2018, delivering straightforward and brutally heavy death metal rooted in the genre's classic underground aesthetic.
Summoned is a melodic death metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 2007, blending death metal heaviness with melodic guitar work and dynamic song structures.
Summoned is a death metal and grindcore band from Whittier, California, formed in 2007, combining the brutality of death metal with the speed and aggression of grind.
Summoned to Die deliver death metal from the Jutland harbor town of Kolding, channeling the fatal inevitability their name describes. Active since 2018, they bring death-sentenced intensity to the South Jutland scene.
Devastating Blackened Death Metal out of Texas.
Summoning Hellgates forge black/death metal from Madrid, opening infernal portals through extreme compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring hellish intensity to the Spanish capital's underground.
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