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Anaptosis creates slam and brutal deathcore from Paris since 2019, named after the biological process of programmed cell death. From the French capital, they deliver crushing breakdowns and guttural vocals with clinical intensity.
Long Island deathcore outfit with a massive nine-release catalog since 2013. Their full-length Absolute Hope Absolute Hell and steady stream of singles demonstrate relentless productivity from a band deeply embedded in New York's breakdown-heavy extreme scene.
Technical Progressive Metal / Deathcore from Houston, Texas (early); Louisville, Kentucky (later).
Portland deathcore outfit whose 2020 debut Beyond the Watchtowers delivers crushing breakdowns and apocalyptic atmosphere from the Pacific Northwest. The album paints visions of civilizational collapse through the lens of modern extreme metal.
Denver death metal project from the Colorado underground.
And Hell Followed With is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2006 from members of several local extreme metal acts. The band released Domain and Proprioception before splitting in 2012, then reuniting in 2018 and releasing Quietus in 2022. Their music blends the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-style death metal with the rhythmic aggression of American deathcore.
West Palm Beach death metal and deathcore hybrid with progressive ambitions. Their 2012 full-length The Seven Sounds weaves technical complexity through crushing heaviness, emerging from South Florida's deep well of extreme talent.
Chicago and Oklahoma City doom metal collaboration channeling existential dread since 2021. Their full-length How to Look Forward to the Apocalypse pairs a darkly humorous title with genuinely crushing doom, while Life In Jars suggests a more intimate, claustrophobic heaviness.
Queens deathcore project with a massive nine-release output since 2019. Albums like Cool Is Watching You and How Will All This End? suggest existential anxiety beneath the breakdowns, an unusually introspective approach for the genre emerging from New York City's outer boroughs.
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