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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Death-heavy metal band from Mikkeli, Finland, active since 2012. They blend death metal aggression with classic heavy metal hooks from the Finnish Savo region.
Death metal and grindcore act from Graz, Austria, formed in 2018. They deliver a punishing blend of guttural death metal with the relentless speed and brevity characteristic of grindcore.
Chicago-based act fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the brutality of deathcore breakdowns, delivering technically precise riffwork alongside moments of punishing heaviness.
Melodic death metal act from Stockholm, active since 2011. Carmilla — named after the classic vampire novella — delivers dark, hook-driven death metal from the Swedish capital.
Death metal band from Reims, France, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing death metal from the Champagne capital.
Melodic death metal act from Rome, formed in 2021. Carna — named after the Roman goddess of vital organs — delivers melody-driven death metal from the Italian capital.
Progressive death metal act from Ankara, Turkey, active since 2015. Carnac delivers technically ambitious extreme metal from the Turkish capital.
Columbia, South Carolina heavy metal veterans formed in 1990, representing the enduring spirit of the South Carolina underground during the genre's early-90s regional boom.
New Jersey death metal band formed in 1990 in South Plainfield, part of the fertile early-90s mid-Atlantic death metal scene that produced some of the genre's most aggressive regional acts.
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