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Melodic death metal band from Hertfordshire, England, formed in 2014. Countless Skies have built a strong reputation for their epic, emotionally charged melodic death metal.
Lacey, Washington's Countless the Dead play melodic death metal with an emphasis on layered guitar harmonies and driving rhythms. They pull from the Gothenburg playbook while injecting Pacific Northwest grit into the formula.
Austin's County Hell splice black metal fury with crust punk nihilism and death metal weight, playing music that sounds like it was made outdoors and after dark. They're part of Austin's active extreme underground and bring a raw, combative energy to every release.
Death metal unit from the southern Italian city of Foggia in Apulia, delivering old-school brutality with a regional underground sensibility. Their guttural assault carries the weight of classic death metal tradition.
Endicott, New York brutal death metal outfit Course of Extinction deal in relentless blast-beat-driven carnage with no interest in melody or restraint. Their music exists to overwhelm, built for devotees of the most uncompromising end of the death metal spectrum.
San Antonio's Courting Baphomet blend melodic death metal leads with straightforward death metal brutality, drawing on occult imagery to frame their music's dark ambitions. They're one of the more active bands in San Antonio's underground metal scene.
Melodic death metal act from İzmir, active since 2013. Courtyard has spent over a decade delivering polished melodeath from the Aegean coast.
Coveiros is a metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, one of the more isolated corners of the Brazilian extreme metal underground. Beginning with a hardcore and early death metal approach, the band shifted toward thrash and death metal over time, releasing a self-titled album in 2007 featuring fourteen tracks. They remain active as an independent act in the Porto Velho metal scene.
Portland blackened death metal band Coven Oath combine the cold atmosphere of black metal with the blunt force of death metal into a dense and ritualistic sound. The Pacific Northwest's isolation and grey skies are palpable throughout their work.
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