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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Featured Groove Metal Album
The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Hudson, Massachusetts band blending power metal's melodic ambition with thrash's kinetic aggression. Crawlspace channels the dual-guitar attack and speed of the classic East Coast thrash era.
Death-thrash band from Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk in the Chuvash Republic, active since 2016. Crazer delivers aggressive extreme metal from the Volga region.
Creación y Muerte is a death metal band from Quito, Ecuador, formed in 2020 and rooted in old-school death metal with elements of doom-death and thrash. Their 2020 release Necrodeimos II draws on recordings made at the winter solstice, reflecting a raw and ritualistic approach to the genre.
Miami death-thrash outfit combining the precision of modern death metal with the kinetic drive of classic thrash. Create a Kill brings Florida's extreme metal heritage into a punishing, forward-moving attack.
Death metal and deathcore band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2012. They deliver crushing extremity from Greece's second-largest city.
Kentucky brutal death metal band from Lawrenceburg built on relentless low-tuned punishment and guttural extremity. Their approach is unapologetically brutal, focused entirely on sonic annihilation.
Buffalo, New York death metal act drawing from the raw brutality that western New York's underground has cultivated for decades. Creator Undone hits with deliberate force and unsparing heaviness.
Danville, Kentucky band combining death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic swagger. Creature of Exile delivers heavy, pocket-driven music with a menacing Southern edge.
Seminole, Florida death metal and deathcore act blending technical brutality with the kinetic impact of breakdowns. Creatures of Habit brings the Sunshine State's death metal tradition forward into heavier modern territory.
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