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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Rochester/Fairport, New York death metal act whose 2011 EP THE ROCK AND ROLL EP brings a tongue-in-cheek attitude to extreme music. Western New York aggression that doesn't take itself too seriously.
As the World Dies merges death and progressive metal from Birmingham since 2022, their apocalyptic name reflecting the eschatological themes of their compositions. Their Second City origins connect them to the birthplace of heavy metal.
As the Worm Turns crafts melodic death metal from Gävle since 2019. Their decomposition-themed name drives compositions that explore transformation through decay from this northern Swedish port city.
As They Burn merges death metal, deathcore, and metalcore from Paris since 2022, creating a modern extreme sound from the French capital. Their incendiary name matches the intensity of their genre-crossing assault.
As They Rise delivers melodic death metal and metalcore from Nitra since 2018. Their ascension-themed name drives compositions of upward-moving aggression from this western Slovak cathedral city.
Detroit metalcore band drawing from the Motor City's working-class intensity, delivering aggressive melodic metal informed by Michigan's proud tradition of heavy music.
Athens, Georgia black metal project with an astonishing eleven releases since 2023. Titles like Fuck This Torture and Crown of Nothing pair raw emotional honesty with prolific output, building a massive catalog of unfiltered black metal from the Classic City's underground.
As We Fight is a metalcore band from Fredericia, Denmark, formed in 2011, delivering the genre's trademark combination of aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages from the Jutland city at the Little Belt strait. The band contributes to the Danish metalcore scene with their intense, hard-hitting approach.
As We Fucked is a metalcore band from Neuhaus am Rennweg in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2024, bringing aggressive metalcore from the Thuringian Forest region. The band's provocative name and recent formation mark them as a fresh, uncompromising entry in the German metalcore underground.
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