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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Electronic metalcore and melodic death metal hybrid from Quartu Sant'Elena, Sardinia formed in 2022, fusing programmed electronics with heavy guitar-driven aggression. Their approach bridges the gap between digital production and organic metalcore intensity.
Atlanta-based Encoffination drag doom and death metal to their slowest, most funeral-paced extremes, burying their sound under layers of sepulchral weight and murk. Few bands make the grave feel this tangible.
Encoffined is an old-school death metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, formed in 2015 and deeply influenced by the Swedish death metal scene of the 1990s — particularly Entombed, Dismember, Carnage, and Grave. The band has released three full-lengths: Enclosed in a Coffin (2015), Casket Citadel (2019, on Disembodied Records), and Cloak of Despondency (2021), with a lineup including vocalists Leandro Smith and Leonardo Gonzales, guitarist Juan Taricco, bassist Facundo Urriche, and drummer Marcos Cordoba.
Salt Lake City's Encorpsed have been honing their black/death hybrid since 2005, drawing on the brutality of death metal and the atmospheric menace of black metal in equal measure. One of Utah's longest-running extreme metal acts.
Black/death metal act from Kotka, Finland formed in 2022. They channel extreme metal darkness from the port city on Finland's southern coast.
Tucson's Encroaching Darkness blend death and black metal under the brutal heat of the Sonoran Desert, channeling the unforgiving terrain into music that's merciless and atmospherically dense. Active since 2014, they represent southern Arizona's extreme metal underground.
Michigan's Encroachment deal exclusively in brutal death metal of the blunt, suffocating variety — punishing rhythms, guttural delivery, and no concessions made to accessibility. Formed in 2019, they've been steadily building their case for maximum heaviness.
Death metal veterans from Tiefenbach in Bavaria, Germany, with roots going back to 1995, making them one of the region's longest-running death metal acts. Their nearly three decades of activity reflect an unwavering commitment to the genre's crushing foundations.
On the warpath since 2015, this Stockholm Crust Punk, Death Metal, and Grindcore outfit delivers microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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