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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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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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Deserves to Die is a metalcore band from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, active since 2015 and delivering the genre's characteristic blend of heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocals. Their provocative name channels the confrontational spirit of hardcore into metalcore's punishing framework.
Polarizing experimental deathcore from Corpus Christi.
Designs of Chaos is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from London, England, active since 2013. They design chaotic melodic aggression from the British capital.
Desire for Sorrow is a melodic black metal band from the Tyn nad Vltavou/Zliv area of the Czech Republic, founded in 2009 and signed to MetalGate Records. With albums including 'At Dawn of Abysmal Ruination' and 'Visions,' the band has toured extensively across Europe and Mexico, blending symphonic textures with black and death metal intensity.
Desolate Default is a death metal/metalcore band from Hanover, Germany, active since 2014. They merge death metal's heaviness with metalcore's intensity and dynamics.
Desolated is a metalcore and thrash metal band from Trutnov, Czech Republic, active since 2008 and merging metalcore's breakdowns with thrash metal's velocity. Their long-running presence in the Czech scene reflects a commitment to aggressive, emotionally driven heavy music.
Desperate Times is a metalcore and deathcore band from Hlinsko, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive breakdowns and harsh vocals rooted in the crossover between metalcore and deathcore.
Despite is a groove metal and metalcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2011. The project blends heavy groove riffing with metalcore intensity.
Destination Disease is a metalcore band from Birmingham, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver diseased metalcore from the West Midlands.
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