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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Death metal and progressive metal band from Pori, Finland established in 2014, combining fast technical delivery with atmospheric soundscapes. Their discography spans from Throes of Time (2015) through Awaken the Sun (2018) to the 2024 concept album Accursed in Sleep on Meara Music.
Harrisonburg, Virginia's Earthling has been fusing progressive sensibilities with thrash and death metal since 2011, a combination that brings technical ambition to a corner of the state with a strong tradition of underground heaviness.
Modern melodic death metal outfit from Upper Austria's Vöcklabruck/Schwanenstadt area, active since 2013. Their debut "Prediction Of The Past" showcases six tracks of melodic aggression ranging from blistering speed to somber, reflective passages.
Death metal and groove metal act from Lyon, France formed in 2023. They bring chunky, groove-laden death metal from France's gastronomic capital.
Deathcore band from Moscow, Russia active since 2009, representing over 15 years of crushing breakdowns and extreme heaviness from the Russian capital.
Memphis's East ov Eden blends technical death metal's surgical precision with deathcore's brutalist breakdown tendencies, a volatile combination the band has been refining since forming in 2023.
Death metal band from Essen in Germany's Ruhr industrial heartland, delivering visceral, provocatively titled extremity since 2018. Their confrontational name sets the tone for an uncompromising approach to the genre.
Death metal act from Glauchau in Saxony, Germany, channeling raw, unfiltered aggression with a characteristically provocative name since 2014. Their no-holds-barred approach reflects the German underground's most confrontational tendencies.
Out of Ojai, California since 2019, this band lives at the collision point of grindcore, death metal, and powerviolence — short songs, maximum hostility, zero tolerance for restraint.
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