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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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Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2024. They bring fresh, punishing extremity to the Ruhr Valley underground.
New York's Cognitive Collapse push technical death metal into experimental territory, warping song structures and tonality into something disorienting and deeply unsettling.
Minneapolis's Cognitive Dissonance ride a thrash and grindcore collision course — tightly wound songs explode with short-fuse aggression and a political edge that has defined their underground run.
Melodic death metal and deathcore band from Leeds, England, active since 2013. They blend melodic sensibilities with extreme metal dynamics from Yorkshire.
Ruthless Grindcore / Technical Death Metal from Dallas.
Glendale, California's Cogort deploy a grinding death metal assault characterized by blunt-force rhythms, guttural vocal punishment, and a compulsion to keep songs fast and mean.
Death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the German capital's vibrant extreme metal scene.
Death metal act from Wrocław, formed in 2023. Cohortis brings crushing death metal to the Lower Silesian scene.
Melodic death metal act from Turin, formed in 2018. Coiled Around Thy Spine delivers intricate, melody-driven death metal from the Piedmontese capital.
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