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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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German death/thrash/groove metal band from Heiligenhaus, formed in 2009. They combine the speed of thrash with death metal's heaviness and groove metal's rhythmic punch for a multi-faceted assault.
Charlotte, North Carolina act that merged death metal and thrash metal during their run from 2014 until splitting up, part of the Carolinas' growing extreme metal underground.
Chernihiv-based death metal/deathcore act active since 2015, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with modern breakdown-heavy dynamics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Finnish melodic death/thrash metal band from Joensuu, formed in 2011. They deliver backstabbing melodeath-thrash from the eastern Finnish lake district.
Santa Clarita, California death metal and grindcore band that has been grinding since 2014, adding to the San Fernando Valley's underground extreme metal presence.
New Jersey death metal outfit featuring former members of brutal death metal band Digested Flesh, releasing their debut Gateway to Pestilence in November 2013.
German death/thrash metal band from Erfurt and Jena, formed in 2019. They combine the technicality and aggression of death and thrash metal with a tongue-in-cheek sensibility evident in their name.
Thrash metal band from Covington, Georgia with tracks including King KroK and Black Infusion, delivering no-frills thrash to the Southern underground.
Boston death metal outfit formed in 2015 by members of thrash band Razormaze and brutal death outfit Scattered Remnants, drawing on the technical influence of Gorguts and Carcass. Their 2023 full-length Anthropogenic Ruin builds on the angular dissonance introduced on their 2016 debut EP Agnosia of Omens.
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