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Austrian deathcore band from Mattersburg who released their debut "An Unpromising Path" in 2016, an 11-track album blending crushing breakdowns with death metal technicality. Their aggressive approach to deathcore earned them a dedicated following in the Austrian extreme metal underground.
Self-Mutilation is a brutal death and slam metal band from Mendoza, Argentina, that released their debut album "Horrendous Anomalies" in November 2019 through Grinder Cirujano Records, with international distribution handled by Sevared Records in the USA and Rapture Records in Brazil. The seven-track record placed the band within the tight-knit South American slamming brutal death scene.
Self-Mutilation is a brutal death and slam metal band from Mendoza, Argentina, that released their debut album "Horrendous Anomalies" in November 2019 through Grinder Cirujano Records, with international distribution handled by Sevared Records in the USA and Rapture Records in Brazil. The seven-track record placed the band within the tight-knit South American slamming brutal death scene.
Served Cold play metalcore and deathcore from Schongau in the Bavarian Alps, combining punishing breakdowns with the scenic backdrop of the Lech Valley. Formed in 2022, they bring modern heaviness to one of Upper Bavaria's most picturesque regions.
Severed by Dawn formed in Columbia, South Carolina in 2021, working at the intersection of death metal and deathcore. They lean into the modern heaviness of deathcore breakdowns while retaining old-school death metal brutality, a combination well-suited to the South Carolina underground.
Connecticut's Shadow of Intent are one of the most ambitious acts in modern deathcore, layering symphonic grandeur and melodic death metal sophistication over the crushing weight of the genre since 2014. Their elaborate orchestration and precise, technical aggression have made them a benchmark for cinematic extreme metal in the US.
Shards Beneath My Skin emerged in Prague's 2024 heavy music scene with a deathcore/metalcore hybrid that combines bone-crushing breakdowns with aggressive melodic passages. Their name evokes the visceral, skin-deep intensity of their sound.
Las Vegas deathcore outfit formed in 2020, combining the breakdown-heavy architecture of deathcore with death metal's brutality in a city better known for spectacle than underground extremity.
Columbus, Ohio's Shores of Elysium have been working the boundary between melodic death metal and deathcore since 2012, combining memorable melodic hooks with the heaviness and aggression that define Ohio's prolific extreme metal output.
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