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Death metal band from the Wirral, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver crushing death metal from Merseyside.
Death metal band from A Coruna, Spain, formed in 2017. They deliver old-school death metal with a visceral, undead intensity from the Galician coast.
Bellingham, Washington's Come Horrid Sigil weave progressive and technical ambition through their death and thrash metal, building arrangements that are as intricate as they are violent. The Pacific Northwest acts as a fitting backdrop for their dense, challenging sound.
Fredericksburg, Virginia's Come to Pass bring brutal death metal ferocity into deathcore structures, layering guttural intensity with devastating breakdowns. They represent the Virginia underground's more extreme end.
Stockholm's Comecon were a peculiar and inventive death metal outfit active from 1989 to 1995, distinguished by their use of a drum machine and a rotating cast of guest vocalists that included Lars-Göran Petrov of Entombed, Martin van Drunen of Asphyx, and Marc Grewe of Morgoth across their three studio albums. Their records — Megatrends in Brutality (1992), Converging Conspiracies (1993), and the more dissonant and industrial-tinged Fable Frolic (1995) — occupy a quirky but respected niche in the annals of early Swedish death metal.
Death-thrash act from Nijmegen, formed in 2021. Comitatus — Latin for 'retinue' — delivers aggressive extreme metal from the oldest city in the Netherlands.
Bowling Green, Kentucky's Commander thrash with the no-nonsense aggression and riff-first mentality of the classic American scene. Solidly constructed and direct, they keep the Midwest's thrash tradition alive.
Lansing, Illinois power metal act Commandment pair heavy, driving riffs with soaring melodic ambitions, crafting anthemic metal that nods to both classic American power metal and traditional heavy metal. They bring a polished, forceful sound to the Chicago suburbs.
Unionville, Florida's Commencement deliver death metal with the blunt force and heat of the Florida scene, rooted in a tradition that runs from Tampa through the whole state's underground. Crushing and relentless, they carry that lineage forward.
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