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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Frederick, Maryland's progressive death metal practitioners have been weaving complex, technically demanding compositions since 2010 — the kind of music that rewards close attention with layers that reveal themselves slowly.
Illyrian is a Belgian deathcore band formed in 2016, dealing in crushing breakdowns and blast-beat-driven extremity. The band channels the punishing heaviness of modern deathcore with a relentless, confrontational intensity.
Imperfect World is a deathcore band from Ukraine, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Devastating Progressive Melodic Death Metal / Deathcore out of Texas.
Las Vegas's Implements of Hell evolved from deathcore roots into full-on slam brutality, their music as grotesque and relentless as the city they call home — formed in 2019 and getting heavier ever since.
Deathcore band from Thanet on the Kent coast, active since 2013. Their sound delivers crushing deathcore from the southeastern English seaside.
Atlanta's In Chasms Deep began as a symphonic deathcore outfit and hardened into something darker and more purely black metal with each passing year, their southern gothic roots informing a sound that's been evolving since 2013.
In Reverence is a deathcore band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In the Name Of is a deathcore band from Malta, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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