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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Metalcore band from the Stuttgart/Karlsruhe corridor, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver heavy breakdowns and melodic passages from Baden-Wurttemberg.
Reno band Countress occupy an unusual space between metalcore and stoner metal, mixing heavy downtuned groove with the hooky structures of melodic metalcore. The combination gives their sound a hazy, desert-road quality.
Metalcore outfit from Pordenone delivering tight breakdowns and aggressive vocal interplay since 2015. Their sound channels the intensity of modern metalcore with the raw energy of northeastern Italy's underground scene.
Houston metalcore and progressive death metal act with real compositional range, balancing crushing heaviness against melodic and technical passages. They carry the ambition Houston's heavy music scene has cultivated for decades.
Illinois metalcore band channeling the state's long history of heavy, emotionally driven underground music. Creation Denied works in the space where crushing heaviness meets melodic intensity.
Gothic metalcore act from Oslo, formed in 2025. Crecended blends dark gothic atmospherics with metalcore intensity.
Groove metal and metalcore act from Craiova formed in 2016, fusing heavy rhythmic weight with aggressive breakdowns from Oltenia's capital. Their dual approach draws power from both groove metal's heft and metalcore's explosive intensity.
Baltimore metalcore and progressive metal band threading intricate arrangements and shifting time signatures through emotionally charged riffs and dynamic vocal performances.
Tampa melodic death and metalcore band drawing from Florida's storied death metal legacy while incorporating melodic hooks and metalcore dynamics into their ferocious sound.
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