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Dial Tone (2022)
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Madison, Wisconsin's Chewing Teeth grinds through the volatile junction of death metal and grindcore with relentless, hyperactive energy. The band thrives in brevity, packing maximum hostility into minimum runtime.
Baltimore's Chiaroscuro pursues a melodic death metal sound rooted in the Gothenburg tradition while infusing it with the East Coast underground's rougher edge. The contrast of melody and brutality is central to their identity.
Washington state's Chiasmus operates in the most uncompromising reaches of raw black metal, fusing its primitive savagery with death metal's heavier attack. The band strips the music down to its most corrosive, confrontational essence.
DeLand, Florida's Chief Wiggum pairs melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with the brutal foundation of straight death metal, operating under a name that belies a genuinely serious musical approach. The band is rooted in Florida's storied extreme metal tradition.
Brutal death metal and hardcore band from Halle, Belgium, bringing slam in faces since 2011. Their releases including 'Mistake Of Nature' deliver punishing, aggressive extremity with members drawn from the Belgian grind and slam underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Arrasate-Mondragon in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2006. With two decades of grinding extremity, they deliver chaotic aggression from the Basque industrial heartland.
One-man brutal deathgrind project from Munchendorf, Austria, operated entirely by Daniel since 2020. With releases like 'The Child Cemetery,' 'Loss of Sanity,' and 'Rebirthed Revived Rekilled,' the project maintains a relentless output of grinding brutality.
Child o' Flames is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in the mid-2000s. The band draws heavily from melodic death metal and has shared stages with international acts such as Sepultura, Misfits, Biohazard, Suicidal Tendencies, and Grave Digger. In 2020 they returned from a hiatus with the single "Reach Out The Sky" and the album "A New Rising," which was nominated in the Best Album category at Brazil's Roadie Crew annual awards.
Atmospheric black-death metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2018. They blend atmospheric black metal with death metal from the Steel City.
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