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New Castle, Pennsylvania death metal and deathcore project. The redundantly revolting name doubles down on disgust from the western PA steel country.
Absolute Violence delivers death metal, deathcore, and groove metal from the Greater Manchester town of Wigan since 2018, their name promising the uncompromising brutality their sound delivers. Their Lancashire origins feed a blue-collar intensity.
Abyssal Born merges death metal, deathcore, and melodic death metal from Cambridge since 2023, creating a modern extreme sound from one of England's most academic cities. Their deep-sea name contrasts with the dreaming spires of their university-town origins.
Abyssalis is a technical death metal and deathcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their 2025 debut full-length "Adaptation" delivers eleven tracks of precisely executed brutality, blending technical death metal complexity with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.
Abysser is a deathcore band from Malaga, Spain, formed in 2023, delivering the genre's punishing combination of death metal brutality and hardcore breakdowns from the Andalusian coast. The band contributes to the growing deathcore presence in southern Spain.
Acheode has undergone a significant evolution from melodic death metal and metalcore beginnings to technical death metal and deathcore, operating from Verona since 2012. Their stylistic journey reflects the restless creative energy of the Veneto metal underground.
Acidbrain is a death metal and deathcore band from Rockport, Massachusetts. The band merges brutal death metal's guttural intensity with the rhythmic breakdowns of deathcore.
Ackhrylon is a death metal and deathcore band from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The band brings extreme metal brutality to the desert Southwest.
Acrania has been delivering brutal death metal and deathcore from London since 2007, earning a reputation as one of the UK's most punishing extreme acts. Nearly two decades of skull-crushing brutality reflect the relentless intensity of the English capital's heaviest underground.
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