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Formed in 2020 in Rutherford, New Jersey, Semper Tyrannis bring a progressive and melodic sensibility to death metal, threading complex compositional ideas through the aggressive architecture of the genre. Their approach aligns more with the Gothenburg school of melodic death metal but filtered through a progressive lens that values dynamics, harmonic depth, and structural ambition. They're a notably compositionally minded act for a project still in its early years.
Death metal band from Mishawaka, Indiana, formed in 2016, operating in the dense and overlooked underground of the American heartland. Their name evokes a kabbalistic hierarchy of forces, lending a philosophical undercurrent to the brutality.
Formed in 2021 in Opelika, Alabama, Septarian forge a sound that fuses the melodic sweep of Scandinavian death metal with the aggressive riff velocity of thrash. Their approach leans hard into dual-guitar interplay and driving rhythms that never sacrifice hook for brutality. Still a young band, they represent a promising new voice in the American melodic death/thrash underground.
Imola's September Damage blend death and melodic death metal from the famous motorsport city since 2012. Their location on the Autodromo circuit's doorstep infuses their sound with a sense of velocity and impact.
A fresh arrival out of Seattle, Seraphlesh formed in 2025 blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the raw aggression of straight-ahead death metal — one of the Pacific Northwest's newest entries in the melodeath tradition.
Serpentine Dominion is an American death metal supergroup formed in 2009 by Killswitch Engage lead guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, Cannibal Corpse vocalist George 'Corpsegrinder' Fisher, and former The Black Dahlia Murder drummer Shannon Lucas. The project originated when Dutkiewicz composed material specifically tailored to Fisher's vocal style, with lyrics written by Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach. The band released their sole self-titled album in October 2016 through Metal Blade Records, a record that balanced Fisher's brutal death metal delivery with Dutkiewicz's trademark melodic and groove-driven riffing.
Set Up to Fail deliver melodic death metal from the Arctic city of Rovaniemi, combining Scandinavian melodeath's harmonic sophistication with the doomed inevitability their name suggests. Active since 2013, they bring Arctic Circle intensity to the Finnish melodeath landscape.
Severed Hand is a heavy and power metal band from Eatontown, New Jersey, formed in 2023. They traffic in the melodic, riff-driven side of the power metal spectrum, a relatively rare pursuit in the modern New Jersey underground.
Moscow's Sextuple Venesection pair death and melodic death metal from the Russian capital since 2014. Their medical-bloodletting name channels the precision of surgical incision into compositions of calculated extremity.
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