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Abysal delivers death metal from Włocławek in Kujawy-Pomerania since 1998, over a quarter century of activity from this Vistula River city. Their deep-sea name reflects the submerged brutality they have sustained across decades.
Heavy Death Metal / Hardcore from Houston.
A death-thrash metal band from Augsburg, Germany, active since 2014, Abysmal channel aggression through the crossover of death and thrash metal traditions. Operating from the heart of Bavarian Swabia, they contribute to southern Germany's robust extreme metal underground.
Abysmal Dawn is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California. One of the premier acts in modern American death metal, the band has delivered a consistently punishing catalog since the mid-2000s, with albums like "Obsolescence" and "Phylogenesis" showcasing their blend of technical precision and brute force.
Abysmal Decay delivers death metal from Glasgow since 2025, representing Scotland's newest generation of extreme metal. Their putrefying name promises the rot and decomposition at the core of their sound.
A Brussels death metal quintet risen from the ashes of Dehuman, featuring members also known from Putrid Offal, Neptunian Maximalism, and Saqra's Cult. Their 2025 debut LP Dismal Thoughts, released on Nuclear Winter Records, channels old-school death metal filtered through a doom-laden, Incantation-adjacent atmosphere with notable progressive and black metal undercurrents.
Plover/Milwaukee, Wisconsin death metal project. Chaos at the bottom of the abyss, from two Wisconsin cities.
Abysmal Dissonance are a death metal band from the Linz-Land district of Upper Austria with a raw, grinding approach evident in track titles like 'Life Termination,' 'The Chainsaw,' and 'Impending Doom.' The band operates deep in the underground with minimal public profile, releasing their material through their own Bandcamp page.
New Orleans death metal project. Crescent City extremity ruling from the deepest darkness of the NOLA underground.
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