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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Maryland-area technical death and deathcore act that brings precision and ferocity to bear in equal measure. Their compositions are technically demanding without losing sight of sheer destructive power.
Technical death metal act from Istanbul, formed in 2024. Cosmoveillance delivers intricate, demanding death metal from the Bosphorus city.
Baltimore technical deathcore act Couldcareless push brutal complexity to the forefront, blending technical death metal precision with the breakdown-driven structure of deathcore. Their playing is dense and demanding, rewarding close attention.
Davenport, Iowa technical death metal act delivering the precision riffing and dense song construction the genre demands. Their material reflects the Midwest's quietly strong underground death metal tradition.
New York technical death metal and black metal act delivering extreme, precision-built material with genuine underground credibility. Their sound draws on both genres' most demanding technical traditions.
Minneapolis technical death metal and deathcore band pushing the boundaries of extreme metal precision, combining punishing breakdowns with labyrinthine compositional complexity.
Technical death-thrash act from Moscow, formed in 2019. Critical Extravasation — a medical term for bleeding — delivers precise, technically demanding extreme metal.
Technical death metal act from Slagharen in Overijssel, formed in 2021. Cromm Cruac — named after an Irish pagan deity — delivers intricate death metal from rural eastern Netherlands.
Los Angeles technical death metal act pushing the genre's compositional and instrumental limits with dense, intricate arrangements. Their music is demanding and cerebral, rewarding careful listeners.
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