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Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
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Alcoholic Russian Bear delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Moscow since 2014. Their self-parodying national stereotype name brings dark humor to the punishing extremity of their blast-beat-driven compositions.
Alcoholicaust is a black/death metal band from Bristol, Connecticut. Their 2014 full-length "Mutilation of the Holy" and 2012 EP "What Would Jesus Do" deliver anti-religious extreme metal with all the subtlety their name suggests.
Aldikon creates melodic death metal from Blagoveshchensk on the Chinese border since 2018. From this Far Eastern city directly across the Amur River from the Chinese city of Heihe, they craft melodic extremity at the edge of two civilizations.
Aldor channels melodic death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2013. Over a decade in the Russian capital, they have crafted compositions that blend Scandinavian-influenced melody with thrash aggression.
Kingsport, Tennessee solo black metal project weaving melancholic atmosphere with tremolo-picked passages. The music draws on Appalachian isolation, blending raw production with surprisingly tender melodic sensibility.
Fort Collins death metal band that's built a rapid-fire discography since 2023, already stacking three releases. Their sound channels relentless brutality with a Western twist their name suggests — death metal for the high plains.
Los Angeles melodic black/death metal project blending Scandinavian-influenced tremolo work with death metal heft. Absence of Light established their template of atmospheric extremity with a melodic core.
Raleigh, North Carolina death metal project named after the mathematical concept of the smallest infinity. Infinite extremity from the Research Triangle.
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