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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Canton, Michigan's Effigy has been part of the state's death metal landscape since 2012, bringing unadorned aggression to a region with deep roots in the genre.
Madison, Wisconsin's Effluvium formed in 2016 to deliver goregrind-inflected death metal with the relentless churn the genre demands. Short songs, maximum rot — a welcome addition to the Upper Midwest's extreme underground.
Melodic death/industrial metal band from Vladimir, Russia active since 2014, blending Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with industrial textures. Their hybrid approach bridges organic and electronic metal traditions.
The Norwegian city of Sokndal serves as headquarters for this black metal, death metal, and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Derry, Pennsylvania's Egality has been grinding out death metal since 2008, a long tenure that speaks to a genuine commitment to the form in a region where heavy music fights quietly for attention.
Verona-based brutal death metal, death metal, and grindcore act, active since 2017 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Death, doom, and sludge metal band from Florence, Italy active since 2014. They craft crushing heaviness from the Renaissance city.
Death metal and goregrind act from Ostrava, Czech Republic, blending guttural extremity with grinding chaos since 2020. Their approach draws from both genres' most visceral tendencies from Moravia's industrial heartland.
Black/death metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, forging a ferocious, bestial sound across releases like "Rot Prophet," "Outpregnate," and "Wombspreader" since 2016. Their provocatively titled catalog reflects an uncompromising commitment to extreme metal's most savage and transgressive tendencies.
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