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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Suntorn are a brutal death metal and deathcore band from San Diego, California, formed in 2016, unleashing punishing down-tuned brutality that combines the hyper-technical slaughter of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of deathcore.
Super Happy Story Time Land is a deathcore and death metal band from Sequim, Washington, formed in 2007, whose deliberately absurdist name belies a genuinely heavy and technically demanding approach to extreme metal.
Sutrah delivers melodic death metal with deathcore elements from Bayonne in the French Basque Country, active since 2017. Their compositions bridge Scandinavian melodeath traditions with modern breakdown-driven heaviness, forged at the crossroads of French and Basque cultures.
Swarm blend progressive and technical death metal with deathcore elements from Ceske Budejovice, creating a sophisticated yet punishing sound. Their South Bohemian base proves that technical extremity thrives beyond the major Czech metal hubs.
Iowa's Swinery formed in 2014 and plays deathcore with death metal sensibilities, blending breakdowns and extreme metal intensity in the tradition of the Midwest's heavy underground.
Melodic deathcore band from Ocala, Florida, formed in 2022, combining the hook-driven melody of melodic death metal with the breakdowns and vocal extremity characteristic of modern deathcore.
Modesto, California act founded in 2015 that blends deathcore brutality with groove metal's mid-tempo churn, delivering a heavy sound built on syncopated riffs and punishing low-end.
Black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2013, operating in the raw and atmospheric end of the genre with a decidedly underground approach.
Progressive deathcore band from Toms River, New Jersey, formed in 2016, blending the breakdowns and vocal extremity of deathcore with the compositional ambition and dynamic shifts of progressive metal.
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