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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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Kingston, Massachusetts gave the world Eternal Suffering in 2017 — a brutal death metal outfit whose dense, churning sound carries the full weight of New England's storied extreme metal lineage.
Brutal Heavy Metal (early); Thrash / Death Metal (later) from Arlington.
Arlington's Eternal Torment started in classic heavy metal territory before sharpening into thrash and death — a DFW band that has consistently raised the stakes of its own aggression since 2015.
Munich-based metal act that evolved from melodic death metal origins toward deathcore since 2015. Their stylistic shift reflects the broader trend toward breakdown-heavy, rhythmically punishing extreme metal.
Milan, Italy — death metal and progressive metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2017, they deal in odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Dayton's Eternal Void smashes deathcore and groove metal into a bruising hybrid — the Ohio industrial heartland's frustration channeled into breakdown-heavy punishment since 2017.
Danville, Illinois has been putting out Eternal War's unrelenting thrash since 2015 — riff-forward aggression and a combative energy that shows no signs of armistice.
Melodic black/death metal act from Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, blending harmonic depth with extreme metal aggression since 2010. Their name suggests timeless knowledge, lending philosophical weight to their dual-genre approach.
Lexington's Eternal Wound drags hardcore's immediate rage through death metal's most punishing machinery — a Kentucky outfit that's been drawing blood at the intersection since 2023.
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